ziggurat

IPA: zˈɪgɝæt

A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
Any building with similar style or shape.

Examples of "ziggurat" in Sentences

He poked at the humid ziggurat with the machete he'd been using to cut path.
This so called ziggurat is just decadent housing for all the children and wives of the shieks.
Now the contents of Pro Tools are packed into a ziggurat of boxes threatening to engulf his small Brooklyn studio.
SHUSTER: The ziggurat is the nearby remains of an ancient pyramid from the Samarian city of Ur, dating back more than 4,000 years.
A ziggurat was a tall, stepped temple-tower believed to connect heaven and earth - hence the angels ascending and descending the steps.
"The life of a slave was not an easy thing, so we tried to convey that in the scaffolding around the ziggurat, which is just put together with twine.
That moment found Op de Beeck's camera alighting on a ziggurat-like palace that looked so grand, yet flimsy, that you were sure it was made of cardboard or paper.
The achievement is all the more remarkable given that Bruneau's intimate, visually spare production includes a stage-wide mirror, positioned just behind the ziggurat of black risers that is the other major set element.