telamon
[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]
/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /
Save This Word!
noun, plural tel·a·mo·nes [tel-uh-moh-neez]. /ˌtɛl əˈmoʊ niz/. Architecture.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Origin of telamon
Words nearby telamon
tektosilicate, tel-, Tela, telaesthesia, Tel Amarna, telamon, Telamonian Ajax, Telanaipura, Telangana, telangiectasia, telangiectasis
Definition for telamon (2 of 2)
Telamon
[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]
/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /
noun Classical Mythology.
an Argonaut and friend of Hercules, and the father of Ajax and Teucer.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for telamon
British Dictionary definitions for telamon (1 of 2)
telamon
/ (ˈtɛləmən) /
noun plural telamones (ˌtɛləˈməʊniːz) or -mons
a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablatureAlso called: atlas Compare caryatid
Word Origin for telamon
C18: via Latin from Greek, from tlēnai to bear
British Dictionary definitions for telamon (2 of 2)
Telamon
/ (ˈtɛləmən, -ˌmɒn) /
noun
Greek myth a king of Salamis; brother of Peleus and father of Teucer and Ajax
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012