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octostyle

octostyle noun: a temple or portico with eight columns in front.

Noun

octostyle (plural octostyles)

  1. A temple or portico with eight columns in front.
    • The Parthenon in Athens is an octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastyle.

Forms of octostyle

pluraloctostyles

Origin of octostyle

From octo- + -style.

Questions about octostyle

What does octostyle mean?
Octostyle means a temple or portico with eight columns in front.
What part of speech is octostyle?
Octostyle is a noun.
What is the plural of octostyle?
The plural of octostyle is octostyles.

Words near octostyle in the dictionary

  1. octospore
  2. octospores
  3. octosporoblastic
  4. octosporous
  5. octostichous
  6. octostyle
  7. octostyles
  8. octosyllabic
  9. octosyllabical
  10. octosyllabics
  11. octosyllable

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