GARGOYLE Synonyms

• a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• creating figures or designs in three dimensions

• a grotesque product of the imagination

• (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

• something used to beautify

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

• a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

• a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)

• a well-known or notable person

• a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

• an amount of money expressed numerically

• the impression produced by a person

• the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

• a decorative or artistic work

• a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating

• judge to be probable

• be or play a part of or in

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• make a mathematical calculation or computation

• understand

• an iconic mental representation

• (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• a standard or typical example

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

• the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public

• a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• render visible, as by means of MRI

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• something used to beautify

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be an ornament to

• a sculpture representing a human or animal

• an ugly evil-looking old woman

• an ugly evil-looking old woman

• eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies