obelisk

Converse of subject

• mark: The spot where he, and many others, died so cruelly is today marked by a memorial obelisk.
• surmount: They are almost identical in Gothic style, with curious stepped pyramid roofs surmounted by obelisks topped with an egg shape.

Converse of object

• erect: How did the Egyptians erect 100 foot granite obelisks?
• see: My question is, how tall is the obelisk seen here?
• make: To make an 1.8m obelisk you will need... .
• stand: Adjacent to the northern stone mark stands a cast iron obelisk in the Egyptian style.
• taper: On stepped square plinth a pedestal in form of Roman funerary monument, surmounted by tapering obelisk, pointed at summit.
• raise: The main road reaches the shore of Carlingford Lough and passes an obelisk raised in memory of Major General Robert Ross.

Adjective modifier

• Egyptian: The first century BC, Egyptian obelisk was brought to Rome from Heliopolis by emperor Caligula to adorn his circus.
• tall: A tall, slim granite obelisk was put up.
• black: Perhaps midway out onto the plain is a black stone obelisk, a marker of some sort.
• large: On top of this mound, there will be a large obelisk from the quarry.. .
• small: Showing part of the ruins, with just an archway standing and a small obelisk behind.
• high: Start 25 meters up and right of The Bolt at a 4 meter high obelisk of clean rock.

Preposition: on

top: At the corners of the roof are stone piers with carved obelisks on top.

Noun used with modifier

• granite: A 60 ft granite obelisk at the city center end of the Park is a memorial to Samuel Smith who died in 1906.
• stone: Perhaps midway out onto the plain is a black stone obelisk, a marker of some sort.
• memorial: The spot where he, and many others, died so cruelly is today marked by a memorial obelisk.
• marble: There is a black marble obelisk, on which their names are engraved, standing near the site where they landed in Patagonia.
• glass: The Future Monument is a five meters high lit glass obelisk surrounded by glass plaques.