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Pyramid

ˈpɪrəmɪd

Pyramid definitions

noun

Inflections:

pyramid pyramids

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
an object, shape, or arrangement in the form of a pyramid

"a pyramid of logs"

Synonyms:
heap stack mound pyramid mass quantity bundle clump bunch jumble
- a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon of any number of sides, and the other faces are triangles with a common vertex
  
  "a three-sided pyramid"
- a structure of more or less pyramidal form, especially in the brain or the renal medulla
- an organization or system that is structured with fewer people or things at each level as one approaches the top
  
  "the lowest strata of the social pyramid"
- a game played on a billiard table with fifteen coloured balls arranged in a triangle and a cue ball
a system of financial growth achieved by a small initial investment, with subsequent investments being funded by using unrealized profits as collateral

"the eventual collapse of illegal pyramids"

verb

Inflections:

pyramid pyramided pyramiding pyramids

stack or arrange in the shape of a pyramid
achieve a substantial return on (money or property) after making a small initial investment

"a bank can pyramid modest capital into an enormous sum of money"