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Dolmen

Dolmen Meaning & Definition
Dolmen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dolmen?

[n] a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dolmen: cromlech

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dolmen: arch | barrow | beehive tomb | bone house | boundary stone | box grave | brass | burial | burial chamber | burial mound | bust | cairn | catacombs | cenotaph | charnel house | cist | cist grave | column | cromlech | cross | crypt | cup | cyclolith | deep six | dokhma | footstone | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | house of death | inscription | last home | long home | low green tent | low house | marker | mastaba | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | monolith | monstrance | monument | mound | mummy chamber | narrow house | necrology | obelisk | obituary | ossuarium | ossuary | passage grave | pillar | pit | plaque | prize | pyramid | reliquary | remembrance | resting place | ribbon | rostral column | sepulcher | shaft | shaft grave | shrine | stela | stone | stupa | tablet | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tower of silence | trophy | tumulus | vault

See Also | megalith | megalithic structure

Dolmen In Webster's Dictionary

\Dol"men\, n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.] A cromlech. See {Cromlech}. [Written also {tolmen}.]

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