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Ziggurat is an English word with synonyms like temple. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ziggurat in a sentence

Ziggurat meaning

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

Synonyms of Ziggurat

zikkurat zikurat temple

Related words

Other words often associated with Ziggurat or its synonyms:

lineament edifice feature tabernacle building synagogue

Using Ziggurat

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: zikkurat, zikurat, temple.
  • In the example corpus, ziggurat often appears in combinations such as: the ziggurat, great ziggurat, ziggurat of.

Context around Ziggurat

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

great 3× first 1× inverted 1× red 1× clad 1×

Often after:

skyscraper 1× auction 1× shaped 1× itself 1× reached 1× algorithm 1×

Sentence patterns with Ziggurat

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

brick clad ziggurat and is 1× build a ziggurat skyscraper and 1× decayed great ziggurat of babylon 1× famous red ziggurat shaped plastic 1× improved the ziggurat 1× of the ziggurat a kind 1× of the ziggurat or by 1× of the ziggurat reached a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as a result 1× built in the 1× central to the 1× crawford page 85 1× join forces build 1× sun baked bricks 1×

Common sentence endings:

500 years ago 1× and achieve perfection 1× at the top 1× base to summit 1× first year accommodation 1× fourth millennium bc 1×

Words around Ziggurat

Just before it in the word index:

ziggo 4 ziggler 104 zigging 4 ziggi 3 zigged 6 zigbee 13

Just after it in the word index:

ziggy 64 zigh 2 zigi 6 ziglar 3 zigler 4 zigman 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Ziggurat

  • In this selection, "ziggurat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, great, first, inverted, skyscraper, auction and shaped stand out and add context to how "ziggurat" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include brick clad ziggurat and is and build a ziggurat skyscraper and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ziggurat" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ziggurat

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Join forces, build a ziggurat skyscraper, and achieve perfection. (9 words)

The first Ziggurat auction required the buyer to preserve the structure. (11 words)

The ziggurat algorithm is a fast method for generating exponential variates. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

As a result, it flits about a bit, flying us from this temple to that cave to this pyramid to that ziggurat in an effort to stay true to its global focus while also trying to adhere to various themes. (40 words)

The Wolfson Building (built 1968–1972, Architects Co-Partnership) is located to the south of Whewell's Court, on top of a podium above shops, this building resembles a brick-clad ziggurat, and is used exclusively for first-year accommodation. (40 words)

Only in 3% of the cases, where the combination of those two falls outside the "core of the ziggurat" (a kind of rejection sampling using logarithms), do exponentials and more uniform random numbers have to be employed. (37 words)

Example sentences (17)

Join forces, build a ziggurat skyscraper, and achieve perfection.

The first Ziggurat auction required the buyer to preserve the structure.

The ziggurat, a temple tower, was built by King Nebuchadnezzar about 2,500 years ago.

Built in the 1970s to a design by Italian architect Raffaele Contigiani, the inverted ziggurat of the Hotel du Lac was once a symbol of modernity in the Tunisian capital.

Central to the rebranding effort is a swapping of the famous red, ziggurat-shaped plastic hats associated with the group to blue ones.

As a result, it flits about a bit, flying us from this temple to that cave to this pyramid to that ziggurat in an effort to stay true to its global focus while also trying to adhere to various themes.

Crawford, page 85 Access to the shrine would have been by a series of ramps on one side of the ziggurat or by a spiral ramp from base to summit.

Only in 3% of the cases, where the combination of those two falls outside the "core of the ziggurat" (a kind of rejection sampling using logarithms), do exponentials and more uniform random numbers have to be employed.

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Sun-baked bricks made up the core of the ziggurat with facings of fired bricks on the outside.

The already decayed Great Ziggurat of Babylon was finally destroyed by Alexander the Great in an attempt to rebuild it.

The famous Royal tombs, also called the Neo- Sumerian Mausolea, located about convert south-east of the Great Ziggurat in the corner of the wall that surrounds the city, are nearly totally cleared.

The Great Ziggurat itself has far more graffiti, mostly lightly carved into the bricks.

The last Babylonian king, Nabonidus (who was Assyrian born, and not a Chaldean), improved the ziggurat.

The precursors of the ziggurat were raised platforms that date from the Ubaid period Crawford, page 73 during the fourth millennium BC.

The seven stories of the ziggurat reached a height of 91 meters, according to a tablet from Uruk (see below), and contained a temple shrine at the top.

The Wolfson Building (built 1968–1972, Architects Co-Partnership) is located to the south of Whewell's Court, on top of a podium above shops, this building resembles a brick-clad ziggurat, and is used exclusively for first-year accommodation.

The ziggurat algorithm is a fast method for generating exponential variates.

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Common combinations with ziggurat

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ziggurat" in a sentence?
An example: "Join forces, build a ziggurat skyscraper, and achieve perfection." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ziggurat" from authentic English texts.
What does "ziggurat" mean?
Ziggurat means: A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
What are synonyms of "ziggurat"?
Common synonyms of "ziggurat" include: zikkurat, zikurat, temple.
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