human pyramid

/ˌhjuː.mənˈpɪ.ɹə.mɪd/

noun

A tower made of people standing or kneeling on top of each other.

Meanings

nounhuman pyramid (plural human pyramids)

plural human pyramids

  1. A tower made of people standing or kneeling on top of each other.
  2. A formation of triangular shape with one or a small number of performers supporting a large number of other performers.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 人體金字塔 /人体金字塔
  • 人體金字塔 /人体金字塔tower made of people
Finnish ihmispyramidi
  • ihmispyramiditower made of people
French pyramide humaine
  • pyramide humainetower made of people
Italian piramide umana
  • piramide umanatower made of people
Japanese 人間ピラミッド
  • 人間ピラミッド (ningen piramiddo)tower made of people
Korean 인간 피라미드
  • 인간 피라미드 (in'gan piramideu)tower made of people
Swedish mänsklig pyramid
  • mänsklig pyramidtower made of people
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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