"mastaba" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæstəbə/, /mæˈstaːbə/ Forms: mastabas [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|مِصْطَبَة||bench}} Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mastaba (plural mastabas)
  1. A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East. Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt Translations (wide stone bench): Steinbank [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-mastaba-en-noun-Fr9K0ZHj Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'wide stone bench': 91 9
  2. (architecture) 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. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (rectangular tomb structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides): mastaba [feminine] (Catalan), mastaba [feminine] (Dutch), i-iz-z:pr (jz) [masculine] (Egyptian), mastaba (Finnish), mastaba [feminine] (French), mastaba [feminine] (Galician), Mastaba [feminine] (German), μασταμπάς (mastampás) [masculine] (Greek), mastaba [feminine] (Italian), mastaba [feminine] (Polish), mastaba [feminine] (Portuguese), маста́ба (mastába) [feminine] (Russian), mastaba [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mastaba-en-noun-8u54fJYH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'rectangular tomb structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mastabah

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