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mas·ta·ba

also mas·ta·bah (măs′tə-bə)

An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof.

[Arabic masṭaba, maṣṭaba, stone bench, from Aramaic masṭabtā, maṣṭabtā, bench, dais, perhaps from Greek stibas, bed of straw, bed, grave, or perhaps of Iranian origin; perhaps akin to Persian satāvand, portico, balcony.]

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mastaba

(ˈmæstəbə) or

mastabah

(Architecture) a mudbrick superstructure above tombs in ancient Egypt from which the pyramid developed

[from Arabic: bench]

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mas•ta•ba

or mas•ta•bah

(ˈmæs tə bə)

n., pl. -bas or -bahs.

an ancient rectangular Egyptian tomb with sloping sides and a flat roof.

[1595–1605; < Arabic maṣṭabah]

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mastaba - an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"

mastabah

tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

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