noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.

   "He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas."

2. 2
   A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
3. 3
   a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

antenna towerarchbarbicanbarrowbeehive tombbelfry

Example

More examples

"He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.

Related phrases

ice stupa

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