pyramid
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- n a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- n (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
- n a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
- v enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
- v use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
- v arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
- v increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
- Gloria Swanson sleeps with a miniature pyramid under her bed because, she says, it makes "every cell in my body tingle.
- Hold the Ice A worker trudges past snow-covered pyramids of casks.
- To protect them against enemies and intruders after death, Egypt's pharaohs were entombed with their treasures in cleverly concealed chambers deep with in their monumental pyramids.