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menhir
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun menhir has 1 sense
- menhir(n = noun.artifact) standing stone - a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France; Array is a kind of megalith, megalithic structure
CIDE DICTIONARY
menhir, n. [F. Armor. men stone + hir high.].
A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
menhir, n. Archaeol. a tall upright usu. prehistoric monumental stone.
Etymology
Breton men stone + hir long
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