Definitions for propylon

propylon prop·y·lon

Spelling: [prop-uh-lon]
IPA: /ˈprɒp əˌlɒn/

Propylon is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in propylon (lnooppry).

Definitions for propylon

noun

  1. propylaeum.

Origin of propylon

1825-35; Greek propýlon, equivalent to pro- pro-2 + pýl(ē) gate + -on neuter singular noun ending

Examples for propylon

I well remember the morning I stood before the propylon, or chief entrance of Karnak.

The second type of propylon differs from the first in having a very much smaller doorway in comparison with its total mass.

Do you know, too, that my ignorance is such that I had to look in the dictionary to find out what plectrum and propylon meant.

Judging from the scenes and inscriptions which accompany it, Champollion thought this represented a propylon at the Ramesseum.

I well remember the morning when I stood before the propylon, or chief entrance of Karnak.

Champollion and some architects suppose that they stood before a propylon.

The really ancient part of the structure begins with the rows of sphinxes which border the road behind the propylon.

Hallock sat as rigid as a carved figure flanking an Egyptian propylon, which his attitude suggested.

Word Value for propylon
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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