ELGIN MARBLES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elgin Marbles mean? 

• ELGIN MARBLES (noun)
  The noun ELGIN MARBLES has 1 sense:

1. a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens

  Familiarity information: ELGIN MARBLES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELGIN MARBLES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Elgin Marbles" is a kind of...):

statuary (statues collectively)