stele
pronunciation
How to pronounce stele in British English:
UK ['sti:lɪ]
How to pronounce stele in American English:
US ['stilɪ]
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- Noun:
- the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
- an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
Word Origin
- stele (n.)
- "upright slab," usually inscribed, 1820, from Greek stele "standing block, slab," especially one bearing an inscription, such as a gravestone, from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Related: Stelar.
Example
- 1. In addition , the stele is providing invaluable information about the social dimension at the site .
- 2. The stele was discovered in an annex to kuttamuwa 's house in a residential district outside the royal citadel .
- 3. The stele lay fewer than eight inches below the surface of a wheat field that had been farmed for generations .
- 4. Schloen 's team dug a probe trench around the stele and left a layer of soil over the decorated surface to protect it .
- 5. Archaeologists left the decorated surface covered with dirt until they could bring the stele back to the dig house and excavate it under laboratory conditions .