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ziggurat

  • noun
  • /ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt/

A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories

Other meanings

  1. Any building with similar style or shape.

    “He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.”

A kind of

  • temple

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ziggurat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.