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- [pir-uh-mid]
- /ˈpɪr ə mɪd/
- /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pir-uh-mid]
- /ˈpɪr ə mɪd/
Definitions of pyramid word
- noun pyramid Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple. 1
- noun pyramid anything of such form. 1
- noun pyramid a number of persons or things arranged or heaped up in this manner: a pyramid of acrobats; a pyramid of boxes. 1
- noun pyramid a system or structure resembling a pyramid, as in hierarchical form. 1
- noun pyramid Geometry. a solid having a polygonal base, and triangular sides that meet in a point. 1
- noun pyramid Crystallography. any form the planes of which intersect all three of the axes. 1
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Origin of pyramid
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; < Latin pȳramid- (stem of pȳramis) < Greek pȳramís; replacing Middle English pyramis < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Pyramid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pyramid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pyramid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pyramid
verb pyramid
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- bulk up — If someone or something bulks up or bulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
- bulking — the expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
noun pyramid
- butte — an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- chain of command — the various individual officers, ranks etc that constitute a hierarchy each level receiving orders from the one above it and passing on the orders to the one below
- cone — A cone is a shape with a circular base and smooth curved sides ending in a point at the top.
- conoid — a geometric surface formed by rotating a parabola, ellipse, or hyperbola about one axis
- crag — A crag is a steep rocky cliff or part of a mountain.
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