menhir Definition
men·hir (men′hir′)
noun
a tall, usually rough, upright megalith, probably erected as a Neolithic monument either alone or as part of a row or circle
Etymology: Fr < Bret men, stone + hir, long
menhir Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cut: A roughly cut granite menhir with an inscription cut in relief.
- take: A tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric porch sits to the center, its unjointed columns hewn from menhirs taken from a nearby druids ' temple.
- decorate: The evidence suggests that the earliest sacred landscape comprised long mounds and decorated menhirs.
Modifies a noun
statue: Menhir statues, Romanesque chapels, Pisan churches and Genoese bridges - all monuments to a long and eventful past.
Adjective modifier
- tall: We now steer for the tall menhirs still further to the south.
- modern: Culblean Memorial A modern stone menhir with bronze plaque commemorating a 14th century battle.
- small: Cute hamlet, small mound bramble & bracken covered, with small path to small menhir on top.
Preposition: with
- inscription: A roughly cut granite menhir with an inscription cut in relief.
- plaque: Culblean Memorial A modern stone menhir with bronze plaque commemorating a 14th century battle.
Noun used with modifier
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