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Definition of cromlech in English: cromlechnoun ˈkrɒmlɛkˈkrɑmˌlɛk 1(in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones; a dolmen. Example sentencesExamples - They were the so called Megalithic People, the builders of dolmens, cromlechs and other monuments over or to their dead.
- Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.
- The stones were not dolmens or cromlechs.
- Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, cromlechs and tumuli.
2(in Brittany) a circle of standing stones.
Origin Welsh, from crom, feminine of crwm 'arched' + llech 'flat stone'; sense 2 is via French from Breton krommlec'h. Definition of cromlech in US English: cromlechnounˈkrɑmˌlɛkˈkrämˌlek 1(in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones. Also called dolmen Example sentencesExamples - Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, cromlechs and tumuli.
- They were the so called Megalithic People, the builders of dolmens, cromlechs and other monuments over or to their dead.
- The stones were not dolmens or cromlechs.
- Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.
- 1.1 (in Brittany) a circle of standing stones.
Origin Welsh, from crom, feminine of crwm ‘arched’ + llech ‘flat stone’; cromlech (sense 2 of the noun) is via French from Breton krommlec'h. |