Synonyms for obelisk

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ob-uh-lisk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒb ə lɪsk

Définition of obelisk

Origin : "rectangular stone column tapering at the top," 1560s, from Middle French obélisque (16c.) and directly from Latin obeliscus "obelisk, small spit," from Greek obeliskos "small spit, obelisk, leg of a compass," diminutive of obelos "a spit, pointed pillar, needle." Related: Obeliskine.

noun stone pillar

Example sentences :

If a pyramid or obelisk mould, lift it carefully off the top.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

My blue-eyed friend erected himself into an obelisk of profanity.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Heliopolis is the "house of the obelisk," the obelisk being a representation of the sun.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

It went up the Nile as near to the place where the obelisk stood as it could go.
Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott

Then they made a road leading from the place where the obelisk stood to the river.
Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott

Adams, of Philadelphia, marked by an Egyptian obelisk of granite.
Extract from : « The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 » by Albert Smyth

It would be harder to get rid of than the obelisk or the Vendôme column!
Extract from : « A Royal Prisoner » by Pierre Souvestre

Obelisk, tower, land, or anything for directing the course by sight.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

"It's the obelisk in Court Square that makes you think that," suggested Sydney.
Extract from : « A Tar-Heel Baron » by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton

He came to the Obelisk, and leaned against it, overcome by a spasm of realisation.
Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy

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