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Obelisk Common

Obelisk has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

2

a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

3

A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.

Verb
1

To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.

See Also
monolith pylon reference dagger tall obelized needle menhir
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
column character
Rhyming Words
bisk sisk disk risk fisk frisk brisk flisk whisk derisk lentisk fx risk at risk dillisk odalisk rakfisk subdisk ilovaisk ram disk satyrisk
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