stele

About 0.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
2. noun Any carved or engraved surface.
3. noun An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
4. noun The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.

Similar words

stela stone tablestone steen stemple stean gravestone sea stack summer-stone stave

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Word family

stela steles