obelisk (redirected from obeliskoid)

ob·e·lisk  (b-lsk)

n.

1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.

2. Printing The dagger sign (), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.

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[Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos, a spit, obelisk.]

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obe·liscal (-lskl) adj.

obe·liskoid (-koid) adj.

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obelisk [ob-bill-isk]

Noun

1. a four-sided stone pillar that tapers to a pyramid at the top

2. Printing same as dagger (sense 2) [Greek obeliskos a little spit]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obelisk - a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top pillar, column - a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
	2.	obelisk - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote dagger grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

Translations

obelisk [ˈɔbɪlɪsk] n → obelisco

obelisk [ˈɔbɪlɪsk] n → obélisque m

obelisk [ˈɔbɪlɪsk] n → Obelisk m

obelisk [ˈɔbɪlɪsk] n → obelisco