Usually means: Tall, narrow, four-sided monuments.
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  1. obelisks: Merriam-Webster
  2. obelisks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. obelisks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Obelisks, obelisks: Wordnik
  5. obelisks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. obelisks: Wiktionary
  7. obelisks: Dictionary.com
  8. Obelisks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Obelisks: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Obelisks: Encyclopedia

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  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (obelisk)

noun:  (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
noun:  (typography) Synonym of obelus
noun:  (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
noun:  A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
noun:  (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
verb:  (entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.
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