Usually means: Ancient Mesopotamian terraced pyramid structure.
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  1. ziggurat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ziggurat: Merriam-Webster
  3. ziggurat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ziggurat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. ziggurat: Wiktionary
  9. ziggurat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ziggurat (zikkurat): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ziggurat: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ziggurat: Dictionary.com
  13. ziggurat: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. The Ziggurat, Ziggurat (disambiguation), Ziggurat (video game), Ziggurat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. ziggurat: Rhymezone
  16. ziggurat: FreeDictionary.org
  17. ziggurat: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. ziggurat: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  20. ziggurat: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. ziggurat: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
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  1. ziggurat: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ziggurat)

▸ noun:  (archaeology) A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
▸ noun:  Any building with similar style or shape.

Similar:
Etemenanki, teocalli, lotus, pylon, fire temple, vimana, beehive tomb, earth pyramid, oracle, ancestral temple, more...

Opposite:
valley, plain, flatland

Types:
Etemenanki, Marduk, Babylon, more...

Phrases:
Ziggurat of Ur, Ziggurat algorithm, The Ziggurat, ziggurat feature, more...

Adjectives:
great, babylonian, mesopotamian, ancient, famous, huge, sumerian, massive, lofty, ruined, assyrian

Colors:
    sandstone,     ochre,     clay,     bronze,     copper, more...
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Similar:
Etemenanki, teocalli, lotus, pylon, fire temple, vimana, beehive tomb, earth pyramid, oracle, ancestral temple, more...

Opposite:
valley, plain, flatland

Types:
Etemenanki, Marduk, Babylon, more...

Phrases:
Ziggurat of Ur, Ziggurat algorithm, The Ziggurat, ziggurat feature, more...

Adjectives:
great, babylonian, mesopotamian, ancient, famous, huge, sumerian, massive, lofty, ruined, assyrian

Colors:
    sandstone,     ochre,     clay,     bronze,     copper, more...



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