pyramid

[ˈpɪrəmɪd]

Definition:
1. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
2. A large building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top. The ancient Egyptians built stone pyramids as places to bury their kings and queens.
3. A solid shape with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top.

Use 'pyramid' in a sentence:

1. The Food Guide Pyramid was a graphic which emphasizes that a healthy diet is built on a base of grains, vegetables and fruits, followed by ever-decreasing amounts of dairy.
2. This pyramid is the oldest of the world's Seven Wonders.
3. Discussion about General-line and Pyramid Management Model of Forestry Enterprise.
4. Build your own pyramid!
5. This paper use linearity transformation method in pyramid transformation.
6. Horus avenges his father Osiris by launching the First Pyramid War. 8970.
7. If the scheme appears to be a pyramid selling scam, have nothing to do with it.
8. I was inspired while watching a television program showing how sleds might have helped with pyramid construction.
9. Pyramids built by ancient Egyptians rise along its banks.
10. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world was the pyramids.
11. The social structure is just like the pyramid.
12. West said, "I was inspired while watching a television program showing how sleds might have helped with pyramid construction. I thought, ‘ Why don't they just try rolling the things?'"
13. A wooden artefact found on the step pyramid at Saqqara looks uncannily like a modern glider.
14. A Dual pyramid Data Structure for Image Coding Using Wavelet Transform.
15. The pyramid's exact size has puzzled experts for centuries, as the "more than 21 acres of hard, white casing stones" that originally covered it were removed long ago.
16. They found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximu of 5.5 inches shorter than the west side.
17. The image pyramid is obtained by using the wavelet transform.
18. It is Professor Munakata's "reverse pyramid" strategy that prevents the megaliths from being dumped atop the dome of St Paul's Cathedral from a blimp.
19. There rose before us the great pyramid of Gaza.
20. The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it so close to perfect.
21. The Egyptians somehow moved the stone blocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away.
22. Scientists scanning and mapping the Giza pyramids say they've discovered that Great Pyramid of Giza is not exactly even.
23. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World.
24. It was about 5000 years ago, even before the first Egyptian pyramid that some amazing Neolithic monuments—tombs, were erected at various sites around Ireland, Great Britain and coastal islands nearby.
25. Imagine this as a pyramid and not a triangle.
26. "So this isn't just any old pyramid," he said.
27. The final tier is the so-called Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP).
28. No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo.
29. Great pyramids and temples were built on the banks and we can still visit them today.
30. He also studied the ancient stone tablets from around the pyramids.
31. Pyramid is one of the miracles in the world.
32. A fast correlation tracking algorithm based on pyramid structure.
33. The pyramids were built in ancient times.
34. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
35. The last group put the stones into the pyramid.
36. Scientists scanning and mapping the Giza pyramids say they've discovered that the Great Pyramid of Giza is not exactly even.
37. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.
38. The Great Pyramid was considered a unique building in the 19th century. At that time, it was still the tallest in the world.
39. The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years age, but how they got it so close to perfect.
40. Standing held the title, according to Guinness World Records. A total of 4860 tonnes of sand make up the intricately decorated structure, which is reminiscent of a pyramid, in the small seaside town of Blokhus.
41. When we think of large monumental structures built by early societies, an Egyptian pyramid probably comes to mind.
42. The temple is a huge pyramid structure.
43. It almost seems like we were in a pyramid.
44. In the 19th century AD, the Great Pyramid was special and unusual.
45. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect.
46. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid.
47. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower.
48. They found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximum of 5.55 inches shorter than the west side.
49. They found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximum of 5.5 inches shorter than the west side.
50. The pyramid scheme was marketed through a home page on the World Wide Web.
51. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
52. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.
53. The pyramids are an eloquent testimony to the ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.