How to pronounce“obelisk”in English
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Definitions of “obelisk”
A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
“"The clay envelope is Sumerian. It is from the third millennium B.C. It was dug up from the city of Eridu is southern Iraq. The black stele or obelisk is the Code of Hammurabi, which dates from about 1750 B.C.”
Synonym of obelus.
To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.
“Dragonflies that spend the day in full sun may obelisk to minimize the sunlight striking the body. An obelisking dragonfly looks like it's doing a headstand[…]”
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