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[syn: mastaba, mastabah]
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mastaba
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]