Giant's Causeway

noun

1. a large body of basalt, unusual in displaying perfect columnar jointing, exposed on a promontory on the northern coast of Northern Ireland.

Giant's Causeway

noun

1. a promontory of columnar basalt on the N coast of Northern Ireland, in Antrim: consists of several thousand pillars, mostly hexagonal, that were formed by the rapid cooling of lava and the inward contraction of the lava flow

Word History and Origins

Origin of Giant's Causeway¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

The nearby car park is filled with camper vans and some coaches which have been carrying tourists on day trips to the likes of the Giant's Causeway and the Bushmills Distillery.

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Landmarks across the UK such as the Tower of London, Fountain's Abbey and Giant's Causeway already have Unesco world heritage protection.

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"It would be naïve to say we're not in competition with the Giant's Causeway, the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, with the Titanic Centre, the Marble Arch Cave," he said.

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But it would be fair to say the area doesn't quite have the same pull internationally as the likes of the Giant's Causeway or Titanic Visitor Centre.

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"This does not have the same draw as the Giant's Causeway."

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