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: statue
English
> 1 sense of the word
statue
:
NOUN
artifact
statue
a
sculpture
representing
a
human
or
animal
statue > pronunciation
Sounds
stae'chuw.
Rhymes
chew
...
virtue
: 6
rhymes with
chuw
...
English
>
statue
: 1 sense
> noun 1, artifact
Meaning
A
sculpture
representing
a
human
or
animal
.
Instances
Colossus of Rhodes
A
huge
bronze
statue
of the
sun god
Helios
that was
built
around 285
BC
and that stood beside the
harbor
entrance
on the
island
of
Rhodes
for about 50
years
before it was
toppled
by an
earthquake
Statue of Liberty
A
large
monumental
statue
symbolizing
liberty
on
Liberty Island
in
New York Bay
Narrower
Olympian Zeus
A seated
statue
of the
supreme
god
of
ancient
Greek mythology
created
for the
temple
at
Olympia
herm
A
statue
consisting of a squared
stone
pillar
with a
carved
head
(
usually
a
bearded
Hermes
) on top
nude
,
nude sculpture
,
nude statue
A
statue
of a naked human figure
sphinx
One of a number of
large
stone
/
stone
statues
with the
body
of a
lion
and the
head
of a
man
that were
built
by the
ancient
Egyptians
terminus
,
terminal figure
,
term
(architecture) a
statue
or a
human
bust
or an
animal
carved
out of the top of a square
pillar
Broader
sculpture
A
three-dimensional
work of
plastic art
Spanish
estatua
,
figura
Catalan
estàtua
,
figura
Adjectives
statuary
of or
relating
to or suitable for
statues
Nouns
statuette
a
small
carved
or
molded
/
molded
figure
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