a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
Origin of statue
1300–50; Middle English <Middle French <Latin statua, noun derivative of statuere to set up, itself derivative of status (see status)
Monday, a small group of activists for racial justice and equality held a press event and demanded that the statue be taken down.
Morning Report: 101 Ash St. Accusations Still Flying Back and Forth|Voice of San Diego|October 16, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The art here features multiple images of headless people as well as statues of heads apparently broken from larger statues.
An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Jo Marchant|September 2, 2020|Nautilus
So much so that it can even bring ancient statues to life, transforming the chipped stone busts of long-dead Roman emperors into photorealistic faces you could imagine walking past on the street.
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Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.
Florence Preps ‘David’ for the Big One|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History|Marlow Stern|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But even amid those early protests, the Statue of Liberty was doing her job.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Statue of Liberty would serve as the north star of our behavior.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The statue is ten feet high, and weighs three and one-half tons.
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous|Sarah Knowles Bolton
The statue of Tsong Kapa is said to have been constructed seventy-two years ago, and to have cost as much as one of gold.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
Nails may be driven into the statue on week-days between 11 and 1, and on Sundays between 10 and 5.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916|Various
When the crowd leaves the temple, Dmtrios snatches the necklace from the statue and disappears.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
This, after some pondering, I concluded to represent Pygmalion, as he awaited the quickening of his statue.
Phantastes|George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for statue
statue
/ (ˈstætjuː) /
noun
a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger
Word Origin for statue
C14: via Old French from Latin statua, from statuere to set up; compare statute