statue
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
statue /ˈstatjuː, -tʃuː/
▶noun a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.
– derivatives
statued adjective.
statued adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. statua, from stare ‘to stand’.
'statue' also found in these Oxford entries:
colossal
- colossus
- entablement
- epigraph
- figurine
- heroic
- iconic
- ithyphallic
- kouros
- lunette
- memorial
- monument
- pasquinade
- pedestal
- plinth
- shrine
- socle
- statuary
- statuesque
- statuette
- torso
- Trojan Horse
