mastaba
Use Mastaba in a sentence
tə noun
1.
an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof.
2.
(in Islamic countries) a fixed bench, especially one of stone.
Also, mas·ta·bah.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Arabic maṣṭabah
1595–1605; < Arabic maṣṭabah
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| —n | |
| a mudbrick superstructure above tombs in ancient Egypt from which the pyramid developed | |
| [from Arabic: bench] | |
| mastabah or mastabah | |
| —n | |
| [from Arabic: bench] | |
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Mastaba
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Example sentences
Early tombs were cut into the bedrock and capped with a low mud-brick building known as a mastaba.
Constructed primarily of stone, it was significantly more durable than the mud mastaba.
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