Obelisk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.
  • n. Printing The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
  • n. The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
  • n. A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [†]. See Dagger, n., 2.
  • v. To mark or designate with an obelisk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tapering shaft of rectangular plan, generally finished with a pyramidal apex.
  • n. In printing and writing, a sign resembling a small dagger (), and hence also called a dagger.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
  • n. a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    menhir    pillar   
    Variant
    dagger   
    Form
    obelisked    obelisking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    column    guglio    needle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sarcophagus    sarcophagi    campanile    spire    monolith    mausoleum    pyramid    minaret    monument    statuary