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Definitions for Stele

[1] an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
[2] Architecture . a prepared surface on the face of a building, a rock, etc., bearing an inscription or the like.
[3] (in ancient Rome) a burial stone.
[4] Botany . the central cylinder or cylinders of vascular and related tissue in the stem, root, petiole, leaf, etc., of the higher plants.
[5] an upright stone slab or column decorated with figures or inscriptions, common in prehistoric times
[6] a prepared vertical surface that has a commemorative inscription or design, esp one on the face of a building
[7] the conducting tissue of the stems and roots of plants, which is in the form of a cylinder, principally containing xylem, phloem, and pericycle See also protostele, siphonostele

Words related to Stele

ceremony, tombstone, statue, remembrance, headstone, plaque, mausoleum, stone, tablet, masterpiece, slab, pillar, testament, shrine, tomb, tribute, gravestone, marker, monument, obelisk

Words nearby Stele

steinman, steinmetz, steinway, stela, stelazine, stele, stell, stella, stella polaris, stellar, stellar association

Origin of Stele

1810–20; < Greek stḗlē, akin to histánai to make stand, Latin stāre to stand

Words that may be confused with Stele

steal, steel, stele

Other words from Stele

ste·lar [stee -ler] /ˈsti lər/ , adjective

Word origin for Stele

C19: from Greek stēlē; related to Greek histanai to stand, Latin stāre

Synonyms for Stele

ceremony, headstone, mausoleum, plaque, remembrance, statue, tombstone, cairn, column, inscription, keepsake, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, record, relic, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, tablet, token, trophy