life-size statue

collocation in English

meaningsoflife-sizeandstatue

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life-size
adjective
uk
/ˈlaɪf.saɪz/us
/ˈlaɪf.saɪz/
A life-sized work of art or model is the same size as the person or thing that ...
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statue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstætʃ.uː/us
/ˈstætʃ.uː/
an object made from a hard material, especially stone or metal, to look like a person ...
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(Definition oflife-sizeandstatuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thislife-sizestatuestands on a pedestal about high and is made of wood and painted in bright colours.
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The tomb is rockcut and the courtyard contains alife-sizestatueof a man.
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He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in alife-sizestatue.
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Penelope had a remarkable tomb constructed for her which included alife-sizestatueof her sleeping.
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Eilat's promenade was named for him and there is alife-sizestatueof him there as well.
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It is believed that the apse contained alife-sizestatueof the god, as a full size head was found, together with the fragments of an arm and a leg.
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Five life-size statues of seated rulers were installed seated upon the stairway.
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On three sides of the church but especially in the front were hand-painted life-size statues.
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Finally, the courtyard may have housed life-size statues of the king between the columns.
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Hundreds of items were taken ranging from small miniatures to portions of life-size statues.
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The building features nine life-size statues (six external and three internal) placed according to the administrative function of three parts of the building.
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The pavements are crowded with hawkers and buskers and are decorated with life-size statues in bronze, sitting, reading, or mining coal.
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Their life-size statues face each other.
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