stele
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/stiΛl/
English
Definitions
noun
- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
noun
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
- The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
noun
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
- A band of armed men or hunters.
noun
- (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
noun
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
noun
- An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
- Any carved or engraved surface.
- An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
noun
- The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
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Synonyms
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