στύλος — 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 An upright post used to hold something up.
- style noun A distinctive way of writing, speaking, dressing, or doing something.
- stylus noun An old tool like a thin rod, pointed at one end for scratching words onto clay or wax tablets, with a flat end for rubbing them out.
Senses
στύλος 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
- noun A tall vertical post, usually supporting part of a building.
- noun A person or thing regarded as a central, essential support of something.
post — full definition
- noun A long upright pole or beam, such as a fence post or lamppost.
- noun A job or official position.
- noun The system for delivering mail, or the mail itself.
- noun A message published online, such as on a blog or social media.
- verb To send something through the mail.
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