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GREAT PYRAMID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Pyramid mean?
• GREAT PYRAMID (noun)
The noun GREAT PYRAMID has 1 sense:
1. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
Familiarity information: GREAT PYRAMID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Great Pyramid; Pyramid; Pyramids of Egypt
Instance hypernyms:
memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)
Holonyms ("Great Pyramid" is a member of...):
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Seven Wonders of the World (impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe)
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