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stone circles

stone circles is the plural of stone circle.

Meaning of stone circle

Noun

stone circle (plural stone circles)

  1. A prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle.
    • Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325
    Synonyms:
    cromlech, cyclolith

Questions about stone circles

What is stone circles the plural of?
Stone circles is the plural of stone circle.

Words near stone circles in the dictionary

  1. stone cell
  2. stone cells
  3. stone centipede
  4. stone centipedes
  5. stone circle
  6. stone circles
  7. stone coal
  8. stone cold
  9. stone colic
  10. stone colics
  11. stone coral

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