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statue

[ stach-oo ]

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

/ 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 Words From

  • statue·like adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of statue1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of statue1

C14: via Old French from Latin statua , from statuere to set up; compare statute

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Example Sentences

What precedes is discussion about the Pete Wilson statue and Lewis’s recent story about plexiglass and how to safely reopen schools and other things.

Sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, the nonprofit that owns the statue did just that.

Monday, a small group of activists for racial justice and equality held a press event and demanded that the statue be taken down.

The art here features multiple images of headless people as well as statues of heads apparently broken from larger statues.

So much so that it can even bring ancient statues to life, transforming the chipped stone busts of long-dead Roman emperors into photorealistic faces you could imagine walking past on the street.

Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.

None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.

How one Missouri statue will let the police officer who killed Michael Brown go free.

To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.

But even amid those early protests, the Statue of Liberty was doing her job.

The king's statue was again set up in Guild hall, London, and the states arms taken down.

The statue in Ratcliffe Place was subscribed for in 1867, and the figure is very like the portrait of Watt.

The poor marble statue at his feet can no longer respond to the cries of her famishing child.

She sat still as a statue, scarce breathing, her eyes fixed upon the violet sky.

After she was far away she looked back and saw a pigeon resting on the shoulder of the statue.

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