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obelisk
Part of speech: NounA lofty, four- sided stone pillar shaped at the top like a pyramid; a reference mark: called also a dagger.
Usage examples "obelisk":- About midway, in the centre of the Grand Alley, is a tall obelisk, standing on a high pedestal, and farther along there are one or two fountains. - "Rollo in Paris", Jacob Abbott.
- Placing his feet against the perpendicular rock, he swung out by his knotted guide line, and fairly walked down the face of the obelisk backward. - "The Boy Scouts on the Yukon", Ralph Victor.
- Gentlemen who have outlets might contrive to make ornament subservient to utility; a pleasing eye- trap might also contribute to promote science: an obelisk in a garden or park might be both an embellishment and an heliotrope. - "The-Natural-History-of-Selborne", White, Gilbert.