Crossword-Solution: ZIGGURAT
We have 10 clues for the answer “ZIGGURAT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ancient temple tower | 1 answer |
| HANGING Gardens of Babylon, building associated with the | 1 answer |
| Pyramid-shaped tower | 1 answer |
| Stepped pyramid of ancient Mesopotamia | 1 answer |
| Stepped tower of ancient Sumer | 1 answer |
| Terraced structure of ancient Mesopotamia | 1 answer |
| a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 1 answer |
| Temple tower | 2 answers |
| ALTERNATIVE TO STAIRS | 10 answers |
| high structure | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AEETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ZIGGURAT (5)
The principal ruin is that of the Ziggurat, or temple tower, which in 1850 was 100 feet high and 200 feet square.
They made the ziggurat[1] [to reach] the celestial Ocean; unto Marduk, Enlil, Ea [shrines] they appointed, [Footnote 1: This is the word commonly used for "temple-tower." The famous ziggurat of E-Sagila here mentioned was built in Seven Stages or Steps, each probably having its own distinctive colour.
The base of this ziggurat was a square, 167 feet 6 inches each way, composed of a solid mass of sun-dried brick, faced at bottom to the height of twenty feet with a wall of hewn stones, more than eight feet and a half in thickness.
They stood at the north-western corner of the Nimrud platform, and consisted of two edifices, one exactly at the angle, comprising the higher tower or _ziggurat_, which stood out as a sort of corner buttress from the great mound, and a shrine with chambers at the tower’s base; the other, a little further to the east, consisting of a shrine and chambers without a tower.
The lofty _ziggurat_ attached to the temple of Nin or Hercules, dominating over the whole, gave unity to the vast mass of palatial and sacred edifices.
Quotes with ZIGGURAT (2)
Her gaze dropped to the zipper of his shorts, still sporting a significant bulge. “Think you can deal with that thing all by yourself?”“I think I can manage after twenty six years.” She lifted her chin in the direction of the Ziggurat tiling. “Cold shower?”“That’s one option. Although I do have an awesome new fantasy for my spank bank. It’d be a shame to waste it.” The thought of Ryder jacking off while he thought of her was wildly exciting. She’d love to be a fly on the wall…
You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1999–2021).