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OBELISK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("obelisk" is a kind of...):
column; pillar (a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument))
Instance hyponyms:
Washington Monument (a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
Synonyms:
dagger; obelisk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("obelisk" is a kind of...):
character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb obelisk
