tholos
noun
tho·los
ˈthōˌläs
variants or tholus
-ōləs
plural tholoi
-ōˌlȯi
or tholi -ōˌlī
1
: a round building of classical Greek date and style
2
: a circular tomb of beehive shape approached by a horizontal passage in the side of a hill
Word History
Etymology
Greek & Latin; Latin tholus rotunda, tholos, from Greek tholos
- high-rise
- high-riser
- high-rises
- high-risk
- high-rolling
- high-security
- high-sighted
- high-sounding
- high-speed
- high-speed steel
- high-speed turn
- high-spirited
- high-spiritedly
- high-spiritedness
- high-step
- high-stepper
- high-stepping
- high-sticking
- high-strung
- high-tech
- high-temperature
- high-temperature cement
- high-temperature short-time method
- high-tension
- high-test