statue

noun

stat·​ue ˈsta-(ˌ)chü 

: a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting

Examples of statue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio marched, but was frequently booed because of the controversy over the Christopher Columbus statue. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

But Dovzhenko goes a step further by making his characters look less like statues than like natural features, the wrinkles on their faces as noble as riverbeds. — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

In that 2006 game, New Orleans defeated Atlanta after Steve Gleason blocked a punt in one of the defining moments in franchise history, a play now immortalized with a statue outside the stadium. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

The director tapped designer William Roy Hodgson, who works at the Monuments Lab that tracked where and when all those Confederate statues first were erected, to be the film’s chief graphic artist and animator. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French estatue, statue, from Latin statua, from statuere to set up — more at statute

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for statue

• blew
• blue
• boo
• brew
• chew
• chou
• clue
• coo
• coup
• crew
• cue
• dew

Kids Definition

statue

noun

stat·​ue ˈstach-ü 

: a likeness (as of a person) sculptured, modeled, or cast in a solid substance (as marble)