MEANING
The supporting base beneath a classical temple’s column-bearing platform.
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Words that belong together
- temple stereobate
- stepped stereobate
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Only the stereobate remained after the columns fell.
Grass filled the joints of the stepped stereobate.
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Word forms
- Base
- stereobate
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular stereobate; plural stereobates. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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