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   pyramid

   /ˈpɪrəmɪd/

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • 2. an object, shape, or arrangement in the form of a pyramid: "a pyramid of logs"
   • ▪ 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.
   • 3. 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"
   • ▪ short for pyramid scheme

   verb

   • 1. stack or arrange in the shape of a pyramid.
   • 2. 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"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the geometrical sense): via Latin from Greek puramis, puramid-, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pyramidic adjective
   • 2. pyramidical adjective
   • 3. pyramidically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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