About The Word Mastaba
Learn about the word Mastaba to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Mastaba definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Mastaba
| Mastaba Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Mastaba?
[n] an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mastaba: mastabah Related Terms | Find terms related to Mastaba: Mastaba In Webster's Dictionary \Mas"ta*ba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"ta*bah\ . [Ar.
ma[,c]tabah a large stone bench.]
1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings
and in public places.
2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite
dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping
sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes
of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in
the rock beneath.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Concerned ‐ feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of…
- Amsonia tabernaemontana ‐ subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing…
- Molecular(a) ‐ (psychology) relating to simple or elementary organization; "proceed…
- Mountain pride ‐ mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy…
- Craggy ‐ rocky and steep [adj] having hills and crags;…
- Clear away ‐ remove…
- White tie and tails ‐ formalwear consisting of full evening…
- Rare earth ‐ any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through…
- Untermeyer ‐ United States writer…
- Freewheeler ‐ someone acting freely or even…