Ziggurat

Word ZIGGURAT
Character 8
Hyphenation zig gu rat
Pronunciations /ˈzɪɡəˌɹæt/

Definitions and meanings of "Ziggurat"

What do we mean by ziggurat?

A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories. noun

A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also zikkurat. noun

A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories. noun

A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians noun

A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories

A building with similar style or shape

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The word "ziggurat" in example sentences

SHUSTER: The ziggurat is the nearby remains of an ancient pyramid from the Samarian city of Ur, dating back more than 4,000 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This so called ziggurat is just decadent housing for all the children and wives of the shieks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A ziggurat was a tall, stepped temple-tower believed to connect heaven and earth - hence the angels ascending and descending the steps. ❋ Julie D. (2005)

"The life of a slave was not an easy thing, so we tried to convey that in the scaffolding around the ziggurat, which is just put together with twine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was to be in the shape of a Babylonian ziggurat with a base more than six hundred feet square and ascending levels almost two hundred feet in height. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

The achievement is all the more remarkable given that Bruneau's intimate, visually spare production includes a stage-wide mirror, positioned just behind the ziggurat of black risers that is the other major set element. ❋ Celia Wren (2010)

Were we to unearth earlier temples of a construction similar enough that the ziggurat was only the next logical step in an evolution of forms, we might well see this as no great innovation. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Now the contents of Pro Tools are packed into a ziggurat of boxes threatening to engulf his small Brooklyn studio. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For as long as I can remember, right back to when I was a teenager trying to piece together the story of architecture, the ziggurat at Eridu had been a presence in my life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Quite the contrary, we still have our great building projects, our pyramid - and ziggurat-equivalents. ❋ Tom Engelhardt (2010)

The ziggurat was so high that the designers included a shelter halfway up to allow pilgrims to rest on their climb. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

That moment found Op de Beeck's camera alighting on a ziggurat-like palace that looked so grand, yet flimsy, that you were sure it was made of cardboard or paper. ❋ Jessica Dawson (2011)

It is surely as original an act as that which takes, from nature and existing culture, the ideas of clay-bricks, buildings, temples, mountains, pyramid forms, steps, and so on, and recombines them into the first ziggurat. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

He poked at the humid ziggurat with the machete he'd been using to cut path. ❋ Jay Kirk (2010)

On the eastern side of the city was a second wall, surrounding the royal palace, and another protecting the central ziggurat, a steep pyramid containing the temple to Bel-Marduk, chief god of Babylon. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

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