megaron

[ meg-uh-ron ]

/ ˈmɛg əˌrɒn /

noun, plural meg·a·ra [meg-er-uh], /ˈmɛg ər ə/, meg·a·rons.(in pre-Hellenic Greek architecture)

a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.

Origin of megaron

First recorded in 1875–80, megaron is from the Greek word mégaron (in Homer) the principal living quarters of a palace

Words nearby megaron

megapolis, megaproject, Megara, megarectum, Megaris, megaron, megascopic, megasporangium, megaspore, megaspore mother cell, megasporocyte

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Example sentences from the Web for megaron

In the oldest time it was not only symbolically but actually the centre of the house, and especially of the megaron.
Storyology|Benjamin Taylor
But if doma here be not equivalent to megaron, what room can it possibly be?
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
There can be little doubt that this circle indicates the position of the hearth in the centre of the megaron.
Storyology|Benjamin Taylor
They sleep mucho domou; that is, not in a separate recess in the house, but in a recess of the great hall or megaron.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for megaron

megaron

/ (ˈmɛɡəˌrɒn) /

noun plural -ra (-rə)

a tripartite rectangular room containing a central hearth surrounded by four pillars, found in Bronze Age Greece and Asia Minor

Word Origin for megaron

from Greek, literally: hall, from megas large

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	megaron
释义	megaron [ meg-uh-ron ] / ˈmɛg əˌrɒn / noun, plural meg·a·ra [meg-er-uh], /ˈmɛg ər ə/, meg·a·rons.(in pre-Hellenic Greek architecture) a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments. Origin of megaron First recorded in 1875–80, megaron is from the Greek word mégaron (in Homer) the principal living quarters of a palace Words nearby megaron megapolis, megaproject, Megara, megarectum, Megaris, megaron, megascopic, megasporangium, megaspore, megaspore mother cell, megasporocyte Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for megaron In the oldest time it was not only symbolically but actually the centre of the house, and especially of the megaron. Storyology\|Benjamin Taylor But if doma here be not equivalent to megaron, what room can it possibly be? Homer and His Age\|Andrew Lang There can be little doubt that this circle indicates the position of the hearth in the centre of the megaron. Storyology\|Benjamin Taylor They sleep mucho domou; that is, not in a separate recess in the house, but in a recess of the great hall or megaron. Homer and His Age\|Andrew Lang British Dictionary definitions for megaron megaron / (ˈmɛɡəˌrɒn) / noun plural -ra (-rə) a tripartite rectangular room containing a central hearth surrounded by four pillars, found in Bronze Age Greece and Asia Minor Word Origin for megaron from Greek, literally: hall, from megas large Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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