'Statue' definitions:
Definition of 'statue'
From: WordNet
noun
A sculpture representing a human or animal
Definition of 'Statue'
From: GCIDE
- Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), n. [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]
- 1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion. [1913 Webster]
- I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Statue'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'statue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- art object,
- atlas,
- brainchild,
- bric-a-brac,
- bronze,
- bust,
- carving,
- caryatid,
- cast,
- casting,
- classic,
- colossus,
- composition,
- creation,
- design,
- doll,
- dolly,
- dummy,
- effigy,
- fantoccini,
- figure,
- figurehead,
- figurine,
- gingerbread man,
- graven image,
- grotesque,
- icon,
- ikon,
- image,
- kitsch,
- lay figure,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mannequin,
- marble,
- marionette,
- master,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- mobile,
- model,
- monument,
- museum piece,
- nude,
- old master,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- piece,
- piece of virtu,
- portrait bust,
- puppet,
- representation,
- scarecrow,
- sculpture,
- snowman,
- stabile,
- statuary,
- statuette,
- still life,
- study,
- terra cotta,
- virtu,
- wax figure,
- waxwork,
- wood carving,
- work,
- work of art