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Meanings of
obelisk
in English
Portuguese
obelisco
Catalan
obelisc
Back to the meaning
A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
dagger
Portuguese
obelisco
Synonyms
Examples for "
dagger
"
dagger
Examples for "
dagger
"
1
Of course, Arthas thought; otherwise she would not have needed the
dagger
.
2
For us the
dagger
in your hand; for you our pardoning love.
3
The
dagger
turned, and buried itself in the cushions of the carriage.
4
Look here; these two middle ones are the prints on the
dagger
.
5
Suddenly a raised
dagger
gleamed in the upflung hand of the black.
Usage of
obelisk
in English
1
You sat silent as the
obelisk
in the Place de la Concorde.
2
If a pyramid or
obelisk
mould, lift it carefully off the top.
3
This
obelisk
was finished twenty centuries before the first Mehrikan was weaned.
4
Tanis and the others climbed onto the
obelisk
and joined the mage.
5
Where a great
obelisk
of rock thrust across the way, Hortense halted.
6
An
obelisk
of gray Canadian granite now stands on this historic ground.
7
The Apple launch was a predictably imperious, pristine
obelisk
of grasping capitalism.
8
No fewer than thirty-two expeditions were recorded on his famous black
obelisk
.
9
The
obelisk
was dazzling, the gold glittering, reflecting Re in his heavens.
10
Etched onto the
obelisk
are the distances to Parramatta, Liverpool and Windsor.
11
The Huayna Picchu peak towers behind it like a deep green
obelisk
.
12
There is an
obelisk
there, a single needle pointing into the sky.
13
She took her hands from my face and gestured at the
obelisk
.
14
Instantly a chorus of cries arose: Oh, she's bumped over the
obelisk
!
15
The Egyptians made the nearest approach to it in the
obelisk
.
16
Shive Tor had become a red-hot
obelisk
jutting straight up from the sea.
Other examples for "obelisk"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
obelisk
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
egyptian obelisk
black obelisk
erect an obelisk
high obelisk
marble obelisk
More collocations
Translations for
obelisk
Portuguese
obelisco
Catalan
obelisc
Obelisk
through the time
Obelisk
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common