Found 2 items, similar to mastaba.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mastaba
mastaba
n : an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base
and sloping sides and flat roof;
“the Egyptian pyramids
developed from the mastaba” [syn:
mastabah]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mastaba
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.]