OBELISK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obelisk mean? 

• OBELISK (noun)
  The noun OBELISK has 2 senses:

1. a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

2. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

  Familiarity information: OBELISK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBELISK (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dagger; obelisk

Hypernyms ("obelisk" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)