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 Definitions of stele  [ˈsti liz, stilz]  

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Definition of 'stele' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) stele
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.

2.  stele
a prepared surface on the face of a building, a rock, etc., bearing an inscription or the like.

3.  stele
the central cylinder of vascular tissue in the stems and roots of the higher plants.

Etymology:  (1810–20; < Gk stēlē, akin to L stāre to stand)

Definition of 'stele' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) stele
the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant

2. (noun) stele, stela
an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings


Definition of 'stele' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) stele
same as Stela

2. (noun) stele
a stale, or handle; a stalk



'stele' - Nearby Entries  

st. elias mountains  st. elias range  steinmetz  steinway  stela  stele  stelis  



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