MASTABA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof

Example:

the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba

Synonyms:

mastaba; mastabah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mastaba" is a kind of...):

grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))

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