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MASTABA
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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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