ziggurat

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  1. noun A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

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  • It towered a hundred meters above the flying wing, stepped like a ziggurat and cut and engraved with awesome precision. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Placed as it was on the top of the massive ziggurat, right next to the old volcano, it must be heavy with the hallucinogenic gases. —  The Ship Who Sang
  • Inside the crystal ziggurat, colors and shapes and sequences changed. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 1 - Fire Dancer (v1.0)
  • On the first, or entry, level of the seven-level ziggurat, the money involved was modest. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 1 - Fire Dancer (v1.0)
  • The bets doubled automatically as each step of the ziggurat was ascended. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 1 - Fire Dancer (v1.0)
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  1. Akkadian ziqqurratu, temple tower, from zaqāru, to build high; see zqr in Semitic roots.
 

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