Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- n. A gloomy, usually large room or building.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. [capitalized] In Gr. archæol., a very large and magnificent edifice adorned with sculpture, built by Queen Artemisia of Caria as the tomb of her husband, King Mausolus, at Halicarnassus, about 350 b. c., ranking as one of the seven wonders of the world.
- n. Any splendid tomb; a grand or stately sepulchral monument or edifice, now usually designed to contain a number of tombs: as, the mausoleum of a royal family.
Wiktionary
- n. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- n. A gloomy, usually large room or building.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large burial chamber, usually above ground
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, Mausolus (died c. 353 B.C.), Persian satrap of Caria whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Examples
“And having a gaudy mausoleum is not an impeachable offense.”
“The mausoleum is plain brick on the outside: nothing prepares you for the mosaics on every surface inside, illuminated by windows of translucent marble.”
“The others were Diana's Temple at Ephesus, the Tomb of Mau-so´lus (which was so fine that any handsome tomb is sometimes called a mausoleum), the”
“Ancient historians acquaint us with only seven wonders in the world: the Temple of Diana, at Ephesus; the magnificent sepulchre of the king Mausolus, from whence is derived the word mausoleum; the bronze Colossus of the Sun, in Rhodes; the statue of”
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)
“The mausoleum was a magnificent structure, perfectly round in shape with a row of fluted pillars supporting the overhanging roof.”
“Oh, did I mention the mausoleum is a virtual granite resume, since Mr. Burris has etched in great detail his every job title, accomplishment, award, and entire life as a permanent monument to ... himself?”
“Rather than being seen as a temple to art, the building was described as a mausoleum with cabbage on top.”
“Great Regulars: Unlike the unidentified man who claimed that being interred in a mausoleum was the "Stateliest Possible Manner of Interment," the speaker who has a traveler's heart finds the old-fashioned earth burial more suitable to his wandering ways.”
“Archeologists think the mausoleum, which is called Tomb 5, is a family crypt laid out by Ramses II, who certainly required a big one.”
“This is the car that was carrying her coffin, very simple wooden box, from her village of Garhi Khuda Baksh to the mausoleum, which is quite an impressive structure.”
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
cardboard box, jar, filing cabinet, safe deposit box, cupboard, wardrobe, jewel case, briefcase, locker, canopic jar, chest of drawers, paper sack and 203 more...
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bestiary
agave, incunable, echt, wissenschaft, friscalating, obsolescence, clavier, yajna, ecstatic, casual, protean, hum and 41 more...
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Excess
Excess
licentiousness, crapulence, vomit, mausoleum, fit to kill, libation, decadent, superfluous, louche
rieperae It is a beautiful somber-sounding word. Found it playing Clock Tower 3 on the good ol PS2! Oct 18, 2011
yarb chelster: what if it's the tomb of a mouse? Apr 9, 2010
milosrdenstvi I see we are expected to tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin. Apr 9, 2010
chelster There is no mouse in mausoleum. Don't say MOUSE-uh-lee-um. Apr 9, 2010
yarb Vinyl scoured of footmarks,
office a mausoleum,
typewriters muffled in hoods...
- Peter Reading, Absentees, from The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery, 1976 Jun 23, 2008
rolig from King Mausolos of Caria, who built himself a fancy tomb in Halicarnassus that (I think) made the list of Seven Top Wonders. Dec 16, 2007