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στυλός — meaning in English

stylos

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English meaning

  • pillar noun A tall vertical post, usually supporting part of a building.
  • post noun A long upright pole or beam, such as a fence post or lamppost.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
  • stanchion noun A vertical pole, post, or support.
  • style noun A distinctive way of writing, speaking, dressing, or doing something.
  • stylus noun An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

Senses

στυλός is used for these senses in English:

  • post A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
  • stanchion A vertical pole, post, or support.
  • style (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
  • stylus (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

pillar — full definition

  1. noun A tall vertical post, usually supporting part of a building.
  2. noun A person or thing regarded as a central, essential support of something.

post — full definition

  1. noun A long upright pole or beam, such as a fence post or lamppost.
  2. noun A job or official position.
  3. noun The system for delivering mail, or the mail itself.
  4. noun A message published online, such as on a blog or social media.
  5. verb To send something through the mail.

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