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statue Definition

statue (stac̸h′o̵̅o̅)

noun

the figure of a person or animal, or an imagined or abstract form, carved in stone, wood, etc., modeled in a plastic substance, or cast in plaster, bronze, etc., esp. when done in the round rather than in relief

Etymology: OFr < L statua < statuere, to set, place < pp. of stare, to stand

statue Synonyms

statue

n.

statuette, cast, figure, bust, representation, likeness, image, torso, piece, sculpture, statuary, marble, bronze, ivory, simulacrum, stabile, effigy, icon; see also art 2.

statue Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Zeus: Antiochus's soldiers brought a statue of Zeus into the Temple in Jerusalem and built an altar in honor of this god.
  • goddess: It was the place where the cult statue of the goddess Sulis Minerva was housed.
  • saint: The moon spread its light onto a statue of a saint in an alcove.
  • god: I peered toward the opposite side of the chamber, adjacent to the black carved statue of the toad god.

Converse of subject

surmount: Each spire is surmounted by a statue six and a half feet high.

Converse of object

  • erect: Two years later Boston erected a statue to Ingram's memory.
  • unveil: Queen Victoria visited Wolverhampton on November 30th 1866 to unveil the statue to Prince Albert.
  • topple: Jubilant crowds... topple a 40-foot statue of Saddam ' ] * Embedded In Iraq: Was It Worth It?
  • carve: I peered toward the opposite side of the chamber, adjacent to the black carved statue of the toad god.

Adjective modifier

  • equestrian: The naked lady astride her horse is one of the very few equestrian statues outside London to have a Grade ll listing.
  • life-size: Singer moved to the present Cork Street site, his sons Herbert and Edgar joined him and they expanded to undertake life-size statues.
  • colossal: A colossal statue of one of the Flavians ( Domitian?
  • life-sized: Directly beneath the Moon, on a three tiered plinth, stood a life-sized statue in pink marble of Queen Serenity.
  • gilded: Cash and gilded Buddhist statues were left at the scene, ruling out robbers.
  • monumental: Would such a monumental statue of the emperor have been out of place in Sussex?

Noun used with modifier

  • bronze: The bronze statues in the gardens are the work of local sculptor John Robinson.
  • marble: Our product ranges are very diverse from marble statues to the.. .
  • equestrian: A bronze equestrian statue in front of the Castle in honor of Field-Marshall Viscount Combermere erected.
  • cult: Cult statues of Yehouah must have been erected in his various sanctuaries.
  • Buddhist: Cash and gilded Buddhist statues were left at the scene, ruling out robbers.