mastaba
/ˈmæstəbə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
noun
A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
Example Sentences
- "A wooden shutter which closes down at night-time, and by day two palm-stick stools intensely dirty and full of fleas, occupying the place of the Mastabah or earthern bench, which accomodated[sic] purchasers, complete the furniture of my preceptor's establishment."
- "The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas."