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Meaning of stylobate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈstaɪ.lə.beɪt/

Definitions

The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

Classical, Greek

Equivalents

Deutsch Stylobat
Ελληνικά στυλοβάτης
Español estilóbato
Suomi stylobaatti
Français stylobate
Português estilóbata

Examples

“The bases of the columns and the plinths below them appear to be standing on pedestals, but this is only an illusion, for the stylobate [translating Sockel] has been cut through in five places, and through each gap five steps lead up between the columns.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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