obelisk

Meaning of obelisk

noun
  1. a tapering stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section, set up as a monument or landmark.
  2. another term for obelus.

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos ‘pointed pillar’.

Information about obelisk

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of obelisk is: obelisks.
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Hyphenation of obelisk

obelisk

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • obelisk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

obelisk synonyms

Meaning dagger:

dagger

Meaning an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument:

column

Meaning a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument:

pillar

Meaning a very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing:

needle

Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:

shaft

Meaning a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument:

monolith

Meaning a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event:

monument

Meaning a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event:

memorial

Translation of obelisk

Words that rhyme with obelisk

Lisk, lisk, odalisk, delisk, flisk, glisk, basilisk, dillisk

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