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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
mastabah n 1: an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" [syn: mastaba, mastabah] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Mastaba \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] | ||
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