Mastaba : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mastaba	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Mastaba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mastaba n an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" Synonym(s): mastaba, mastabah
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mastaba \Mas"taba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"tabah\ . [Ar. ma[87]tabah a large stone bench.] 1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places. 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.