pyramid
21pyramid — I. noun Etymology: Latin pyramid , pyramis, from Greek Date: 1549 1. a. an ancient massive structure found especially in Egypt having typically a square ground plan, outside walls in the form of four triangles that meet in a point at the top, and …
22pyramid — [[t]pɪ̱rəmɪd[/t]] pyramids 1) N COUNT Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens. We set off to see the… …
23pyramid — noun (C) 1 a large stone building with four triangular (=3 sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America 2 (usually singular) a system or organization in which a small number of people have power or… …
24pyramid — noun (C) 1 a large stone building with four triangular (=3 sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America 2 (usually singular) a system or organization in which a small number of people have power or… …
25pyramid — 1. A term applied to a number of anatomic structures having a more or less pyramidal shape. SYN: pyramis [TA]. 2. A term denoting the petrous portion of the temporal bone. [G. pyramis (p. ), a p.] anterior p. SYN …
26pyramid — /ˈpɪrəmɪd / (say piruhmid) noun 1. Architecture a massive structure built of stone, with square (or polygonal) base, and sloping sides meeting at an apex, such as those built by the ancient Egyptians as royal tombs or by the Mayas as platforms… …
27pyramid — An unethical or illegal financial scheme. See also Ponzi scheme. ► “In the wrong hands, the pyramid commission concept can easily be manipulated into a pyramid scheme, in which the driving philosophy is to corral as many new distributors as… …
28pyramid — [16] Egypt seems a likely ultimate source for pyramid, but its earliest known ancestor is Greek puramís, which passed into English via Latin pyramis. Pediment ‘triangular gable’ [17] probably originated as a garbling of pyramid, later influenced… …
29pyramid — pyr·a·mid || pɪrÉ™mɪd n. geometric figure with a polygonal base and sides which are isosceles triangles; structure in which ancient Egyptians buried their kings v. become more expensive, increase in price; build a pyramid, arrange in the… …
30pyramid — a (G). A pyramid; shaped like a pyramid …
