statue - a sculpture representing a human or animalherm - a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art sphinx - one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians Statue of Liberty - a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay terminal figure, terminus, term - (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |