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Definition of "obelisk" []

  • A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top. (noun)
  • Printing The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "obelisk" in a sentence
  • "Well, moving the obelisk is something spectacular at that time, and even attracting people."
  • "The great obelisk is but one of the many cases in point."
  • "The colossi are of black granite; the obelisk is of red, highly polished, and covered on all four sides with superb hieroglyphs in three vertical columns."