Definition of "mastabah" []

• An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The back of each cupboard is fitted with tiers of little drawers and pigeon-holes, and in front is a kind of matted stone step, called a mastabah, which serves for seat and counter."
• ""mastabah" or stone bench, is often a tall platform and in mosques is a kind of ambo railed round and supported by columns."
• "When they had mounted sixty he knew that they must have come close to the top of the original _mastabah_, and close to the first stage of the pyramid."