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PYRAMIDICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyramidical mean? 

PYRAMIDICAL (adjective)
  The adjective PYRAMIDICAL has 1 sense:

1. resembling a pyramidplay

  Familiarity information: PYRAMIDICAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYRAMIDICAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a pyramid

Synonyms:

pyramidal; pyramidic; pyramidical

Similar:

pointed (having a point)

Derivation:

Pyramid (a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt)

pyramid (a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex)


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