What is another word for ziggurat?
Pronunciation:
[ zˈɪɡjʊɹˌe͡ɪt], [ zˈɪɡjʊɹˌeɪt], [ z_ˈɪ_ɡ_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]
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Synonyms for Ziggurat:
n.
• artifact (noun) • building (noun)- domicile,
- architecture,
- construction,
- home,
- edifice,
- house,
- pile,
- framework,
- fabric,
- hut.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- stack up,
- amplify,
- lengthen,
- pagoda,
- mound,
- belong,
- campanile,
- mineral kingdom,
- hubbub,
- expand,
- obelisk,
- cross,
- add to,
- broaden,
- spire,
- plaque,
- charnel house,
- last home,
- derrick,
- pecking order,
- be caught short,
- augment,
- fatten,
- sepulcher,
- embankment,
- ado,
- bust,
- tumult,
- menhir,
- tablet,
- shaft,
- bewilderment,
- hold on,
- prefabrication,
- build,
- pillar,
- increase,
- speculate,
- kingdom,
- tower,
- Haymow,
- aggrandize,
- grave,
- mastaba,
- necrology,
- hike,
- colossus,
- minaret,
- gravestone,
- mountain,
- animal kingdom,
- box grave,
- standpipe,
- jack up,
- reliquary,
- ribbon,
- testimonial,
- extend,
- class structure,
- memento,
- bucketshop,
- cromlech,
- domain,
- pandemonium,
- establishment,
- crypt,
- vault,
- burial,
- margin up,
- jangle,
- shambles,
- cairn,
- cenotaph,
- lighthouse,
- boost,
- heap,
- boundary stone,
- turret,
- mass,
- beehive tomb,
- fill out,
- construct,
- molehill,
- tumulus,
- noise,
- structure,
- shrine,
- tomb,
- uproar,
- operate,
- remembrance,
- memorial stone,
- parlay,
- exalt,
- belfry,
- be short,
- Stupa,
- anthill,
- steeple,
- plunge,
- racket,
- prefab,
- prize,
- pole,
- skyscraper,
- dune,
- tour,
- Windrow,
- scalp,
- cist grave,
- anarchy,
- lantern,
- burial mound,
- pit,
- mausoleum,
- pinnacle,
- tope,
- burial chamber,
- power structure,
- snowdrift,
- obituary,
- Martello Tower,
- confusion,
- bank up,
- stone,
- catacombs,
- barbican,
- bucket,
- marker,
- venture,
- Cist,
- cock,
- monolith,
- haycock,
- pyramid,
- tower of silence,
- jump up,
- din,
- make a scoop,
- rostral column,
- dolmen,
- long home,
- realm,
- Hoarstone,
- passage grave,
- drift,
- play the market,
- haystack,
- chain of being,
- cupola,
- tombstone,
- fire tower,
- trophy,
- bone house,
- inflate,
- cup,
- heap up,
- Footstone,
- antenna tower,
- arch,
- take a flier,
- chaos,
- brass,
- martello,
- mow,
- memorial,
- mast,
- monument,
- hayrick,
- monstrance,
- build up,
- thicken,
- barrow,
- Ossuary,
- maximize,
- stack,
- pylon,
- hill,
- hike up,
- rick,
- inscription,
- stag,
- column,
- raise,
- stela,
- headstone,
- enlarge,
- Lickety Split,
- megalith,
- vegetable kingdom,
- pilaster,
- dome,
- bank,
- observation tower,
- pile up,
- Ossuarium,
- hierarchy,
- water tower.
How to use "Ziggurat" in context?
The ziggurat, meaning "steep pyramidal tower" in ancient Mesopotamian, was a type of preindustrial tower built in many parts of the world during the first millennia of the Common Era. Ziggurats were built in Mesopotamia, the Levant, Iran, India, Central America, North America, South America and China, among other places. In some cases, the ziggurat was used as the royal palace of a Mesopotamian city. The word is also used for various pyramidal structures in the Muslim world.
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