mausoleum (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mausoleum*:
NOUN	artifact	mausoleum	a large burial chamber, usually above ground

mausoleum > pronunciation
Sounds	mao.sahliy'ahm
Rhymes	abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...

English > *mausoleum*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A large burial chamber, usually above ground.
Instances	Mausoleum at Halicarnasus	A white marble mausoleum 140 feet high built in 352 BC at Halicarnassus as a memorial to a king
Instances	Taj Mahal	beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
Broader	burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture	A chamber that is used as a grave
Spanish	mausoleo
Catalan	mausoleu

HyperDic: mausoleum