Stele

Word STELE
Character 5
Hyphenation stele ‖Ste le
Pronunciations /stiːl/

Definitions and meanings of "Stele"

What do we mean by stele?

An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building. noun

The primary vascular tissue in the stem or root of a vascular plant, consisting of the xylem and phloem together with supporting tissues, such as pith. noun

An old spelling of steal, steal. noun

In archaeology: An upright slab or pillar, often crowned with a rich anthemion, and sometimes bearing more or less elaborate sculpture or a painted scene, commonly used among the ancient Greeks as a gravestone. noun

A similar slab or pillar serving as a milestone, to bear an inscription in some public place, or for a like purpose. noun

An obsolete form of stale. noun

In botany, the axial cylinder of a stem, beginning as the plerome (see plerome, 2, and plerome-sheath) and passing into the older tissues which supply the vascular tissue of the plant. noun

Same as stela. noun

A stale, or handle; a stalk. noun

A tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface noun

The central core of the root and shoot system, especially including the vascular tissue. noun

The body of the arrow. noun

A stale, or handle; a stalk. noun

An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings noun

The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant noun

Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

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The word "stele" in example sentences

Gil Stein, director of the Oriental Institute, said the stele was a “rare and most informative discovery in having written evidence together with artistic and archaeological evidence from the Iron Age.” ❋ Jan (2008)

On the upper part of the stele, which is now one of the treasures of the Louvre, Paris, King Hammurabi salutes, with his right hand reverently upraised, the sun god Shamash, seated on his throne, at the summit of E-sagila, by whom he is being presented with the stylus with which to inscribe the legal code. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)

The monument's imposing shape echoes the sculpted stone slabs, known as stele, that the ancient Mayans used to commemorate battles and funerals or to delineate territory. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Gil Stein, director of the Oriental Institute, said the stele was a "rare and most informative discovery in having written evidence together with artistic and archaeological evidence from the Iron Age." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The stele is the first of its kind to be found intact in its original location, enabling scholars to learn about funerary customs and life in the eighth century B.C. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The gravestone, called a stele, is in nearly pristine condition and archaeologists were able to translate all the writing on it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Marks were cut into their skin with a styluslike tool called a stele—the odd penlike object she’d seen Will use to draw on the door at the Dark House. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2010)

East was the upright "stele" (Gk. stele, a block or slab of stone), frequently ornamented with a fillet or a projecting curved moulding; in the West a slab for the closing of the grave was often used. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

This remarkable inscription is found on a stele which is preserved in the British Museum (No. 1027), and which was made in the ninth year of ❋ Unknown (1895)

Saite Tafnakhti, returning from an expedition against the Arabs, during which he had been obliged to renounce the pomp and luxuries of life, had solemnly cursed him, and had caused his imprecations to be inscribed upon a "stele" [21] set up in the temple of Amon at Thebes. ❋ Rossiter Johnson (1885)

Aksum developed a coin currency and a unique architectural style called a "stele", which consisted of large stone pillars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Aksum also developed a coin currency and had its own unique architectural style, called 'stele'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A beautifully preserved sandstone stele produced in the 10th century in central India — "Vishnu Flanked by His Personified Attributes" — is one of the introductory pieces in the first galleries. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Brooklyn Museum/Private collection A sandstone stele of Vishnu, c. the 7th century. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)

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