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ziggurat

[ US /ˈzɪɡɝˌæt/ ]
[ UK /zˈɪɡjʊɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

How To Use ziggurat In A Sentence

  • Shellfire damaged the brickwork of the ziggurat at Ur, which was constructed in 2100 B.C.
  • Stepped pyramids known as ziggurats survive from the 3rd millennium BC in Mesopotamia.
  • This view, modelled upon ancient ziggurats, is probably very similar to how it actually appeared.
  • He guided Tennyson and Clara to a stepped display that looked rather like Tennysons' model of a ziggurat from History class.
  • Just beyond the bridge is a little park, too rocky to develop, that rises in the middle to a rounded granite ziggurat.
  • The Leaky Heaven Circus will be premiering their biggest endeavor thus far, Ziggurat!
  • The Tower of Babel, the great ziggurat beside Babylon's temple of Marduk, dates to this era.
  • The set, by the sculptor Antony Gormley, consists of movable cuboid frames which the performers continually reconfigure, the resultant ziggurats sometimes uniting the group, sometimes fracturing it. Political Mother and Babel (words)
  • Dispensing with his ‘prairie style’, he peppered the scheme with domes, spires and ziggurats.
  • The night breeze is gently wafting through the linen curtains in the temple resting at the apex of the ziggurat. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum
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