ALL meanings of pyramid
pyr·a·mid
P p - 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
- noun pyramid Anatomy, Zoology. any of various parts or structures of pyramidal form. 1
- noun pyramid Also called pyramid scheme. a scheme that pyramids, as in speculating on the stock exchange or writing a chain letter. 1
- noun pyramid a tree pruned or trained to grow in conical form. 1
- noun pyramid pyramids, (used with a singular verb) British. a form of pocket billiards for two or four players in which 15 colored balls, initially placed in the form of a triangle, are pocketed with one white cue ball. 1
- verb without object pyramid to take, or become disposed in, the form of a pyramid. 1
- verb without object pyramid Stock Exchange. (in speculating on margin) to enlarge one's operations in a series of transactions, as on a continued rise or decline in price, by using profits in transactions not yet closed, and consequently not yet in hand, as margin for additional buying or selling in the next transaction. 1
- verb without object pyramid to increase gradually, as with the completion of each phase: Our problems are beginning to pyramid. 1
- verb with object pyramid to arrange in the form of a pyramid. 1
- verb with object pyramid to raise or increase (costs, wages, etc.) by adding amounts gradually. 1
- verb with object pyramid to cause to increase at a steady and progressive rate: New overseas markets have pyramided the company's profits. 1
- verb with object pyramid Stock Exchange. (in speculating on margin) to operate in, or employ in, pyramiding. 1
- noun pyramid solid triangular shape 1
- noun pyramid ancient structure 1
- countable noun pyramid 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. 0
- countable noun pyramid A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point. 0
- countable noun pyramid 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. 0
- noun pyramid a huge masonry construction that has a square base and, as in the case of the ancient Egyptian royal tombs, four sloping triangular sides 0
- noun pyramid an object, formation, or structure resembling such a construction 0
- noun pyramid a solid having a polygonal base and triangular sides that meet in a common vertex 0
- noun pyramid a crystal form in which three planes intersect all three axes of the crystal 0
- noun pyramid any pointed or cone-shaped bodily structure or part 0
- noun pyramid a group of enterprises containing a series of holding companies structured so that the top holding company controls the entire group with a relatively small proportion of the total capital invested 0
- noun pyramid the series of transactions involved in pyramiding securities 0
- noun pyramid a game similar to billiards with fifteen coloured balls 0
- verb pyramid to build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid 0
- verb pyramid to speculate in (securities or property) by increasing purchases on additional margin or collateral derived from paper profits associated with high prices of securities and property in a boom 0
- verb pyramid to form (companies) into a pyramid 0
- noun pyramid any huge structure with a square base and four sloping, triangular sides meeting at the top, as those built by the ancient Egyptians for royal tombs 0
- noun pyramid an object, formation, structure, or organization shaped like or suggesting a pyramid 0
- noun pyramid a crystal form in which as many as 12 sloping faces intersect at a point 0
- noun pyramid a solid figure having a polygonal base, the sides of which form the bases of triangular surfaces meeting at a common vertex 0
- intransitive verb pyramid to build up, mass, or heap in the form of a pyramid 0
- intransitive verb pyramid to engage in (a series of buying or selling operations) during an upward or downward trend in the stock market, working on margin with the profits made in the transactions 0