the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant. Word History. Etymology. New Latin, from Greek stēlē stela, pillar.

A stele or occasionally stela when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a ...

an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.

a vertical piece of stone with writing cut into it, often used in the past as a gravestone (= a stone that shows where a dead person is buried):.

An ancient, upright stone monument is called a stele. Many stelae were carved with inscriptions and used as grave markers.

1. an upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker, etc.

Stele definition: an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like. See examples of STELE ...

(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple. quotations ▽.

The meaning of STELA is a usually carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar used for commemorative purposes.

Stele definition: An upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker, etc.