statue

[stach-oo] /ˈstætʃ u/

noun

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.

Origin

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

Related forms

statuelike, adjective

Can be confused

statue, stature, statute.

Examples from the web for statue

The national government's lawyers replied that the decree made no mention of the statue itself.
We need an advocate with the statue to personify the problem and carry it through.
On the drum-roll, the processors pause, and golden flares explode either side of the statue.
They make an odd couple, the archaeologist and the statue.
They had banners on the escalators, in the bathrooms and a giant statue display outside of the expo hall.
Remember that you don't always have to show the whole statue or object.
Whenever a rock containing quartz is cut or polished, perhaps for a statue or ax head, the quartz at the surface is left exposed.
It truly shows how beautiful the work of not only the photographer but also the artist who made the statue.
The first leg of our pilgrimage took us to a statue that overlooks a pond at the campus entrance.
That's the time to have balanced accounts, gained traction, become the proper statue to commemorate one's proper life.

British Dictionary definitions for statue

statue

/ˈstætjuː/

noun

a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger

Word Origin

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

Word Origin and History for statue

c.1300, from Old French statue (12c.), from Latin statua "image, statue," prop. "that which is set up," back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position," from stare "to stand" (see stet). The children's game of statues is attested from 1906.