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MEGALITH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)

Synonyms:

megalith; megalithic structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("megalith" is a kind of...):

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)

Domain region:

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "megalith"):

cromlech; dolmen; portal tomb (a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone)

menhir; standing stone (a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France)

Derivation:

megalithic (of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths)

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