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Definition of mastaba in English: mastabanoun ˈmastəbəˈmæstəbə 1Archaeology
An ancient Egyptian tomb consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) to store offerings. Example sentencesExamples - At first the pharaohs were buried in underground chambers over which were built rectangular mastabas; these were stone structures housing the food and accoutrements the pharaoh would need in the afterlife.
- To the east, three of the king's wives had their own small pyramids, with streets of mastaba - bench-shaped tombs - for his sons and daughters.
- It might also evoke architectural associations, most explicitly an ancient Egyptian mastaba.
- The other wives and attendants tombs were built beside the king's pyramid but were only small rectangular tombs or mastabas.
- Together with his wife Nofret, he was buried in a large mastaba at Medum, where their superb statues were discovered in 1871.
2(in Islamic countries) a stone or brick bench built into the wall of a house. Example sentencesExamples - One late afternoon I was sitting with friends on their mastaba, the brick bench attached to the front of the house where much of the neighbourhood's socializing takes place.
- Who could it be other than the grain merchant sitting cross-legged on his bench above the shop's mastaba?
- Although a parapet from inside, outside this spoil creates the stub of a wall or 'mastaba' the sitting bench as it has become known in Arab Egypt.
Definition of mastaba in US English: mastaba(also mastabah) nounˈmæstəbəˈmastəbə 1Archaeology
An ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet (5–6 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings. Example sentencesExamples - To the east, three of the king's wives had their own small pyramids, with streets of mastaba - bench-shaped tombs - for his sons and daughters.
- At first the pharaohs were buried in underground chambers over which were built rectangular mastabas; these were stone structures housing the food and accoutrements the pharaoh would need in the afterlife.
- The other wives and attendants tombs were built beside the king's pyramid but were only small rectangular tombs or mastabas.
- It might also evoke architectural associations, most explicitly an ancient Egyptian mastaba.
- Together with his wife Nofret, he was buried in a large mastaba at Medum, where their superb statues were discovered in 1871.
2(in Islamic countries) a bench, typically of stone, attached to a house. Example sentencesExamples - Although a parapet from inside, outside this spoil creates the stub of a wall or 'mastaba' the sitting bench as it has become known in Arab Egypt.
- Who could it be other than the grain merchant sitting cross-legged on his bench above the shop's mastaba?
- One late afternoon I was sitting with friends on their mastaba, the brick bench attached to the front of the house where much of the neighbourhood's socializing takes place.
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