Megalith

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A very large stone used in various prehistoric architectures or monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the second millennium B.C.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size.
  • n. A large stone used in such a construction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large stone; especially, a large stone used in constructing ancient monuments.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A great stone; specifically, a stone of great size used in constructive work or as a monument, as in ancient Cyclopean and so-called Druidic or Celtic remains.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    memorial    monument   
    Cross Reference
    monolith    dolmen   
    Hyponym
    cromlech    menhir    standing stone    portal tomb    dolmen   
     
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