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• anta
  anta

  noun

  a rectangular pier or pilaster formed by thickening the end of a masonry wall, and in a classical temple marking one boundary of the portico.
• ANTA
  ANTA

  noun

  a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.

anta

¹ American  

[an-tuh] / ˈæn tə /

noun

Architecture.

antae, plural antas plural

1. a rectangular pier or pilaster formed by thickening the end of a masonry wall, and in a classical temple marking one boundary of the portico.

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ANTA ² American  

[an-tuh] / ˈæn tə /

noun

1. a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.

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anta British  

/ ˈæntə /

noun

1. architect a pilaster attached to the end of a side wall or sometimes to the side of a doorway

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• antae
  plural
• antas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of anta¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin antae (plural noun only) “pilasters, square pilasters”; see also in antis ( def. )

Origin of ANTA²

A(merican) N(ational) T(heatre and) A(cademy)

Example Sentences

Bartley’s anta Fe attorney John Day says he’s still looking into the case.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2015

Bartley's anta Fe attorney John Day says he's still looking into the case.

From US News • May 14, 2015

And since Santa Anna had always been broadminded, not objecting to light skin or immigrant background, he invited Bowie to dinner that night. anta Anna turned to Ord.

From Remember the Alamo! by Fehrenbach, T. R.

The walls ended at the front in the form of an anta delicately carved.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Of that of Hephaestus only two columns remain, while of that of Asclepius, a mile to the south of the town, an anta and two pillars are preserved.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg