\Mas"ta*ba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"ta*bah\ . [Ar.
ma[,c]tabah a large stone bench.]
1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings
   and in public places.
2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite
   dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping
   sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes
   of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in
   the rock beneath.