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GREAT PYRAMID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Pyramid mean? 

GREAT PYRAMID (noun)
  The noun GREAT PYRAMID has 1 sense:

1. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egyptplay

  Familiarity information: GREAT PYRAMID used as a noun is very rare.


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GREAT PYRAMID (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Great Pyramid; Pyramid; Pyramids of Egypt

Instance hypernyms:

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)

Holonyms ("Great Pyramid" is a member of...):

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Seven Wonders of the World (impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe)


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