About The Word Cairn
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Cairn
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What's The Definition Of Cairn?
[n] small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
[n] a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path Synonyms | Synonyms for Cairn: cairn terrier Related Terms | Find terms related to Cairn: arch | barrow | bench mark | bookmark | boundary stone | brass | bust | catstone | cenotaph | column | cromlech | cross | cup | cyclolith | dolmen | footstone | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | inscription | landmark | lighthouse | lightship | mark | marker | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | milepost | milestone | monolith | monument | mound | necrology | obelisk | obituary | pharos | pillar | plaque | platform | prize | pyramid | reliquary | remembrance | ribbon | rostral column | seamark | shaft | shrine | stela | stone | stupa | tablet | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tower | trophy | watchtower See Also | mark | marker | marking | terrier Cairn In Webster's Dictionary \Cairn\, n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W.
carn.]
1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early
inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a
sepulchral monument.
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.
--Campbell.
2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest
attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an
exploring party, etc. --C. Kingsley. Kane.
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