Obelisk Definitions

Useful Words

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Monolith : ایک پتھر کی چیز , Herm : یونانی مجسمہ , Panel : سیدھا ٹکڑا , Cuneus : تکونیا , Thin : باریک , Caimito : ایک قسم کا پھل , Hand Ax : چھوٹی کلہاڑی , Passage : پیراگراف , Hopscotch : پیلدوج , Muller : کوٹنے والا اوزار , Pillar Box : لیٹر بکس , Newel : ستون زینہ , Pagoda : بدھ مندر , Zakat : زکوة , Abies Bracteata : تکونا صنوبر , Acumen : نوک , Salaah : نماز , Pennant : جھنڈا , Terete : ستونی , Pennant : جھنڈی , Chile : مرچ , Capsicum Annuum Longum : نوک دار لمبی لال مرچ والا پودا , Ski Cap : مخروطی لمبی سی ٹوپی جس کے اوپر پھندنا بنا ہوتا ھے , Lizard : چھپکلی , Scorpion Fish : بچھو مچھلی , Cuneate : تکونیا , Holocephalan : گدھا مچھلی , Box : ڈبہ , Lancelike : نیزہ کی طرح , Hadj : اسلام کا پانچواں رکن , Attache : بریف کیس

Useful Words Definitions

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Monolith: a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk).

Herm: a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost.

Panel: sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something.

Cuneus: any shape that is triangular in cross section.

Thin: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.

Caimito: evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides.

Hand Ax: a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping.

Passage: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length.

Hopscotch: a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.

Muller: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.

Pillar Box: a red pillar-shaped letter box.

Newel: the central pillar of a circular staircase.

Pagoda: an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof.

Zakat: the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship.

Abies Bracteata: a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines.

Acumen: a tapering point.

Salaah: the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca.

Pennant: a long flag; often tapering.

Terete: especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering.

Pennant: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering).

Chile: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.

Capsicum Annuum Longum: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red.

Ski Cap: a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel.

Lizard: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail.

Scorpion Fish: marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines.

Cuneate: (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base.

Holocephalan: fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail.

Box: a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid.

Lancelike: (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.

Hadj: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba.

Attache: a shallow and rectangular briefcase.