cromlech
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb.
Origin of cromlech
1- Compare chamber tomb, dolmen, passage grave.
Words Nearby cromlech
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How to use cromlech in a sentence
The old woman still sat on the cromlech, and when she saw me her voice rose afresh with more hard words, which I would not notice.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerThe mass fell straight, and without breaking; resting in its bed like a Druid cromlech precipitated in one piece.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoOf such cyclopean style, though it is a small specimen, is the Chûn cromlech, standing near.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonIn the road to Morvah we meet with the celebrated cromlech at Lanyon.
A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End | John Ayrton ParisThis cromlech is surrounded by a trench and an earthen embankment.
The Student's Mythology | Catherine Ann White
British Dictionary definitions for cromlech
/ (ˈkrɒmlɛk) /
a circle of prehistoric standing stones
(no longer in technical usage) a megalithic chamber tomb or dolmen
Origin of cromlech
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