Associations to the word «Ziggurat»

Wiktionary

ZIGGURAT, noun. A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Dictionary definition

ZIGGURAT, noun. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne