stela

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ste=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

stela, n. [L., from Gr. a post, an upright stone.].

 A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stela, n. (pl. stelae) Archaeol. an upright slab or pillar usu. with an inscription and sculpture, esp. as a gravestone.

Etymology

L f. Gk (as STELE)

THESAURUS

stela

arch, barrow, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, pillar, plaque, prize, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, shaft, shrine, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy