HYPOSTYLE

Etymology

Adjective

hypostyle (not comparable)

(architecture) Having a roof supported on a row of columns.

Noun

hypostyle (plural hypostyles)

(architecture) A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns.

Source: Wiktionary


Hy"po*style, a. Etym: [Gr. (Arch.)

Definition: Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 March 2025

CLOG

(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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