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hypostyle

hypostyle adjective: having a roof supported on a row of columns.

Adjective

hypostyle (not comparable)

  1. Having a roof supported on a row of columns.

Noun

hypostyle (plural hypostyles)

  1. A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns.

hypostyle meaning in Tamil

hypostyle in Tamil

தூண்தாங்கிக் கூரை

Forms of hypostyle

pluralhypostyles

Origin of hypostyle

From hypo- + -style.

Questions about hypostyle

What does hypostyle mean?
Hypostyle means having a roof supported on a row of columns.
What is hypostyle in Tamil?
Hypostyle in Tamil is தூண்தாங்கிக் கூரை. See Hypostyle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypostyle?
Hypostyle can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hypostyle in the dictionary

  1. hypostria
  2. hypostriid
  3. hypostriids
  4. hypostrophe
  5. hypostrophes
  6. hypostyle
  7. hypostyles
  8. hyposuccinylate
  9. hyposuccinylated
  10. hyposuccinylation
  11. hyposuccinylations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypostyle (page history and authors); hypostyle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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