pyramid
[noun]
Synonyms: pile, bank, drift, heap, hill, mass, mound, mountain, stack, windrow

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English Thesaurus: square, circle, semicircle, triangle, rectangle, ...

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pyr‧a‧mid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: pyramis, from Greek]

1. a large stone building with four triangular (=three-sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America

2. [usually singular] a system, society, company etc that is organized in different levels, so that there is a small number of people at the top and a much larger number of people at the bottom:
different levels of the management pyramid
At the bottom of the pyramid are the poor.

3. a pile of objects that have been put into the shape of a pyramid
pyramid of
a pyramid of oranges

4. an object shaped like a pyramid
—pyramidal /pɪˈræmɪdl/ adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees
circle a round shape that is like an O
semicircle half a circle
triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles
rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees
oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide
cylinder an object in the shape of a tube
cube a solid object with six equal square sides
pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top
sphere a shape like a ball
circular/round shaped like a circle:
a circular table
semicircular shaped like a semicircle:
a semicircular arch above the door
triangular shaped like a triangle:
sails divided into triangular sections
rectangular shaped like a rectangle:
a simple rectangular building
cylindrical shaped like a cylinder:
The statue is on top of a tall cylindrical column.
spherical shaped like a ball:
The planet Saturn is not completely spherical.

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