Definition of pyramids

"pyramids" in the noun sense

1. pyramid

a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

2. pyramid

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

3. Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt

a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

"pyramids" in the verb sense

1. pyramid

enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

2. pyramid

use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

3. pyramid

arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

4. pyramid

increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

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Quotations for pyramids

Each man makes his own stature, builds himself:
Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids;
Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. [ Edward Young ]

Men and pyramids are not made to stand on their head. [ G. K. Pfeffel ]

From the height of these pyramids forty centuries look down on us. [ Napoleon to his troops in Egypt ]

Soldiers! from yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you. [ Napoleon I ]

The pyramids, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. [ Fuller ]

Bright and illustrious illusions! Who can blame, who laugh at the boy, who not admire and commend him, for that desire of a fame outlasting the Pyramids by which he insensibly learns to live in a life beyond the present, and nourish dreams of a good unattainable by the senses? [ Bulwer-Lytton ]

What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings had their embalmed bodies preserved in massive pyramids, to obtain an earthly immortality. In the seventeenth century they were sold as quack medicines, and now they are burnt for fuel! The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses or time hath spared, avarice now consumeth. Mummy is become merchandise. [ Whipple ]

pyramids in Scrabble®

The word pyramids is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters pyramids:

PYRAMIDS
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

myriads, pyramid

 

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pyramids in Words With Friends™

The word pyramids is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters pyramids:

PYRAMIDS
(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

myriads, pyramid

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pyramids

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Words containing the sequence pyramids

Words that start with pyramids (1 word)

Words with pyramids in them (1 word)

Words that end with pyramids (4 words)

Word Growth involving pyramids

Shorter words in pyramids

id ids

am amid pyramid

id mid amid pyramid

mi mid amid pyramid

mi rami pyramid

am ram rami pyramid

Longer words containing pyramids

bipyramids

clinopyramids

orthopyramids