Dolmen

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  kistvaen \kist"vaen\ (k[i^]st"v[=a]n), n. [W. cist-faen.]
     (Archaeol.)
     A Celtic monument, commonly known as a {dolmen}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  dolmen \dol"men\ (d[o^]l"m[e^]n), n. [Armor. taol, tol, table +
     mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.]
     A cromlech. See {Cromlech}. [Written also {tolmen}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dolmen
       n : a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones
           and a capstone [syn: {cromlech}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "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