Statue Definition & Meaning

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    • Synonyms statue American [stach-oo] / ˈstætʃ u /

    noun

    1. a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.

    statue British / ˈstætjuː /

    noun

    1. a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger

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    Other Word Forms

    • statuelike adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of statue

    1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin statua, noun derivative of statuere to set up, itself derivative of status ( status )

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    A bronze statue of world champion boxer Teddy Baldock has been stolen from an east London park.

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    “I was covered with mud dried like a cast. They said I looked like a mud statue,” Venus remembered.

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    The city grabbed international attention in 2001, when the Sunni Pashtun Taliban authorities destroyed two large Buddha statues cherished by the predominantly Shia Hazara community in the region.

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    Elsewhere in the salon, we find statues of Artemis and Pallas Athena, a relief of Pan, and painted scenes of dancing figures.

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    The corridor was flanked on both sides by marble statues of creatures: nymphs and dryads, armed centaurs, a unicorn.

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    Related Words

    • bronze
    • bust
    • effigy
    • figure
    • icon
    • image
    • likeness
    • marble
    • piece
    • sculpture
    • statuary
    • statuette

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