pyramid
(pɪrəmɪd )
Word forms: pyramids
1. countable noun
Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens.
We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
2. countable noun
A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point.
On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits. [+ of]
3. countable noun
You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go towards the top.
The structure of the group is more like a loose net than a hierarchical pyramid.
Image of pyramid
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Collocations:
glass pyramid pyramid shape pyramid structure
The screen crashes to the stage, revealing a glass pyramid with a revolving door.
Times, Sunday Times
A large glass pyramid atop the complex glowed purple when he was in the building.
Times, Sunday Times
Steel sections are being lifted by cranes to the top of the glass pyramid, where workers wearing safety harnesses bolt them together.
The Sun
Her mausoleum, designed by herself in 1991, has the shape of a glass pyramid.
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The plaza glass pyramid will be removed, and a greatly expanded atrium and pedestrian entry way installed over the center portion of the mall.
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The tree forms a neat, narrow pyramid shape, with a height of 3-4m and a spread of 2m in ten years.
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The masonry fell in a pyramid shape around her, protecting her.
Times, Sunday Times
His redesign looks like a flattened diamond with a faceted pyramid shape and two thick edges tapering to thin ends.
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The inverted pyramid shape of the pavilion came about by chance.
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As the ropes unwind, the voladores spin, creating a moving pyramid shape.
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He spoke of the pyramid structure and getting the amateur and professional games working together.
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A pyramid structure becomes a pyramid scheme when the company makes all its money - or the bulk of its money - by recruiting new people.
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Another way to help prevent the development of a pyramid structure would be to develop ministers who do not have specialized functions.
Christianity Today
Our display (pictured above) will have a pyramid structure to give height, with stepped shelves to allow maximum use of the area.
The Sun
Ideally you want a bird's nest or pyramid structure that collapses in on itself and keeps burning so you can add new layers of fuel.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 金字塔
Japanese: ピラミッド
- alleged theft
- alleged threat
- alleged use of
- alleged victim
- alleged violation
- alleged wrongdoing
- allege fraud
- allege negligence
- allegiance
- allegorical
- allegory
- allegro
- alleluia
- alleluia
- all-embracing
- allergen
- allergic
- allergic disease
- allergic disorder
- allergic reaction
- allergic response
- allergic symptom
- allergist
- allergy
- allergy clinic