Synonyms for pylon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pahy-lon |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaɪ lɒn |
Top 10 synonyms for pylon Other synonyms for the word pylon
Définition of pylon
Origin :- 1823, "gateway to an Egyptian temple," from Greek pylon "gateway," from pyle "gate, wing of a pair of double gates; an entrance, entrance into a country; mountain pass; narrow strait of water," of unknown origin. Meaning "tower for guiding aviators" (1909) led to that of "steel tower for high-tension wires" (1923).
- As in gateway : noun entry to place
- As in obelisk : noun stone pillar
- As in column : noun pillar
- At the top of the worn stone stairway, cut in the pylon, I met Biddy.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Pylon, or Pro-Pylon, the portal or front of an Egyptian temple.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- Six days had gone by, and Queen Neter-Tua starved in the pylon tower.
- Extract from : « Morning Star » by H. Rider Haggard
- Through the pylon window-place crept the first grey light of dawn.
- Extract from : « Morning Star » by H. Rider Haggard
- Remember when we starved in the pylon tower at Memphis, and what befell us there.
- Extract from : « Morning Star » by H. Rider Haggard
- From the pylon a superb view may be gained of the ruins of Karnak.
- Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
- Then the Priest went to the pylon and stood in the shadow of the gate.
- Extract from : « The World's Desire » by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
- Knowest thou that she waited for thee there by the pylon gate?
- Extract from : « The World's Desire » by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
- I hurried through them, and reached the entrance to the pylon that is at the outer gate.
- Extract from : « Cleopatra » by H. Rider Haggard
- This pylon is 376 feet wide at the widest part and 50 feet thick.
- Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
Antonyms for pylon
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