| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mastaba |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mas·ta·ba |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m s t -b |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also mas·ta·bah |
| NOUN: | An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic ma  abba, stone bench, from Aramaic misubb , perhaps of Persian or Greek origin.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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