cromlech
Americannoun
noun
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a circle of prehistoric standing stones
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(no longer in technical usage) a megalithic chamber tomb or dolmen
Etymology
Origin of cromlech
1595–1605; < Welsh, equivalent to crom bent, curved, crooked (feminine of crwm ) + lech, combining form of llech flat stone
Vocabulary lists containing cromlech
Example Sentences
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But even those trees seemed modern when we visited the Almendres Cromlech, a megalithic enclosure of 95 man-sized stones, just outside of Evora.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 10, 2018
John Ellis Roberts MBE, 70, from Betws y Coed, plunged 25ft on to a ledge at Dinas Cromlech near Llanberis.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2014
Cromlech, will she read it with a beating heart?
From Helena's Path by Hope, Anthony
"Have you seen a lady come in, Cromlech?" asked Lord Lynborough.
From Helena's Path by Hope, Anthony
Taking a road which led in a north-westerly direction, we came to the Cromlech, and a few yards farther on saw the old Church of Killelagh.
From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth
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