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ANASTYLOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does anastylosis mean?

• ANASTYLOSIS (noun)
The noun ANASTYLOSIS has 1 sense:

1. the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary)

Familiarity information: ANASTYLOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANASTYLOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("anastylosis" is a kind of...):

reassembly; refabrication (assembling again)

Domain category:

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

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