NOUN | artifact | mastaba, mastabah | an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof |
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Meaning | An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof. | |
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Example | "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" | |
Synonym | mastabah | |
Broader | grave, tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) |
Spanish | mastabah, mastaba | |
Catalan | mastabah, mastaba |
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