Usually means: Ancient stone tomb with chamber.
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  1. dolmen: Merriam-Webster
  2. dolmen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dolmen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Dolmen, dolmen: Wordnik
  7. dolmen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dolmen: Wiktionary
  9. dolmen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  13. dolmen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Dolmen (disambiguation), Dolmen (miniseries), Dolmen, The Dolmen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Dolmen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dolmen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dolmen: Rhymezone
  18. Dolmen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Dolmen: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. dolmen: FreeDictionary.org
  21. dolmen: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. dolmen: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  24. dolmen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dolmen)

▸ noun:  A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
▸ noun:  More generally, any megalithic tomb, including passage graves and wedge tombs.

Similar:
cromlech, cromleh, bowing stone, lech, Carn, druid's circle, namus, sarcophagus, Clava cairn, coping stone, more...

Types:
portal, court, passage, dome, simple, complex, naviform, subsidiary, multiple, saddle, more...

Phrases:
portal dolmen, Poulnabrone dolmen, Dolmen Music, Dolmen of Menga, more...

Adjectives:
portal, long, small, great, large, fine, ancient, prehistoric, simple, round, double

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Similar:
cromlech, cromleh, bowing stone, lech, Carn, druid's circle, namus, sarcophagus, Clava cairn, coping stone, more...

Types:
portal, court, passage, dome, simple, complex, naviform, subsidiary, multiple, saddle, more...

Phrases:
portal dolmen, Poulnabrone dolmen, Dolmen Music, Dolmen of Menga, more...

Adjectives:
portal, long, small, great, large, fine, ancient, prehistoric, simple, round, double

Colors:
    gray,     stone,     charcoal,     pewter,     graphite, more...



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