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pyramid


Definition: Meaning of, pyramid in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɪrəmɪd /

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pyramid pyramids
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  1. a large stone building with four TRIANGULAR (= three-sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America
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  2. [usually singular] a system, society, company etc that is organized in different levels, so that there is a small number of people at the top and a much larger number of people at the bottom
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  3. a pile of objects that have been put into the shape of a pyramid
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  4. an object shaped like a pyramid
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Pyramid


Definition: Meaning of, Pyramid in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɪrəmɪd /

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  1. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
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    Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt
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Pyramid used in phrases

  • Great Pyramid (noun)
    1. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
  • food pyramid (noun)
    1. ecology a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
  • pyramid bugle (noun)
    1. european evergreen carpeting perennial
  • pyramid plant (noun)
    1. any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
  • pyramid scheme (noun)
    1. a dishonest and often illegal way of selling INVESTMENT s, in which money from people who INVEST later is used to pay people in the system who have already INVESTed
  • pyramid selling (noun)
    1. a business activity in which the main income comes from people who buy the right to sell products, rather than from the sale of the products themselves. Pyramid selling is illegal in many places.
  • truncated pyramid (noun)
    1. a frustum formed from a pyramid
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