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cromlech

Syllables: crom·lech/ˈkɹɒmlɛk//ˈkɹɑmˌlɛk/

cromlech noun: synonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France.

Noun

cromlech (plural cromlechs)

  1. Synonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France.
    Synonyms:
    stone circle
  2. (UK, Wales) synonym of altar tomb or dolmen (“a prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a (somewhat) flat capstone lying horizontally on two or more upright stones”), especially one located in Wales, but also in England (chiefly Cornwall and Devon) or Ireland.
    • The korreds are supposed to live in the cromlechs, of which they are believed to have been the builders. They dance around them at night, and betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels.1881, Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, page 381
    • The scenes depicted on the emunctory field, showing our ancient duns and raths and cromlechs and grianauns and seats of learning and maledictive stones, are as wonderfully beautiful and the pigments as delicate as when the Sligo illuminators gave free rein to their artistic fantasy long long ago in...1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 318
    Synonyms:
    altar tomb or dolmen

cromlech meaning in Tamil

cromlech in Tamil

குத்துக்கல் வட்டம்

Synonyms of cromlech

Forms of cromlech

pluralcromlechs

Origin of cromlech

Borrowed from Welsh cromlech, from crom, the feminine singular form of crwm (“bent, bowed, curved”). Sense 1 (“stone circle”) is from Breton cromlec'h, krommlec'h probably from Welsh cromlech: see above.

Questions about cromlech

What does cromlech mean?
Cromlech means synonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France.
What is cromlech in Tamil?
Cromlech in Tamil is குத்துக்கல் வட்டம். See Cromlech meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cromlech?
Cromlech is a noun.
How do you pronounce cromlech?
Cromlech is pronounced /ˈkɹɒmlɛk/ (UK).
What is the plural of cromlech?
The plural of cromlech is cromlechs.

Words near cromlech in the dictionary

  1. cromfordite
  2. Cromhall
  3. Cromie
  4. Cromies
  5. croming
  6. cromlech
  7. cromlechs
  8. cromleh
  9. cromlehs
  10. Cromley
  11. Cromleys

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