0 an object made from a hard material, especially stone or metal, to look like a person or animal:
1 a large art object, often representing a person or an animal, that is made from a hard material, esp. stone or metal
In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
A statue has been built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birthday.
A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
The statue was erected as a memorial to those who died in the war.
An aedicule was originally the architecture of the small shrine, a miniature temple that celebrated the statue of the deity within.
Her body is mummified, rendered statue-like, transformed by the embalmers' skills into an artificial appearance of eternal youth.
In some sense, the most vivid element is that of the voice which is found to be, as if petrified, turned into a statue.
