noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of menhir.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: menhir
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
standing stone
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noun
Meaning 2
a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: menhir
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: megalith, megalithic structure
History
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: pierre levée — prehistoric monument
- French: pierre dressée — prehistoric monument
- Galician: lapa — prehistoric monument
- Galician: pedrafita — prehistoric monument
- Galician: padrón — prehistoric monument
- Irish: gallán — prehistoric monument
- Irish: cloch seasaimh — prehistoric monument
- Norman: longue pièrre — prehistoric monument
- Polish: menhir — prehistoric monument
- Scottish Gaelic: tursa — prehistoric monument