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mastaba definition

mas·taba or mastabah mas′·ta·bah (mas′tə bə)

noun

an oblong structure with a flat roof and sloping sides, built over the opening of a mummy chamber or burial pit in ancient Egypt and used as a tomb

Etymology: Ar maṣṭabah

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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