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menhir Definition

men·hir (menhir′)

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

  • granite: A roughly cut granite menhir with an inscription cut in relief.
  • stone: Culblean Memorial A modern stone menhir with bronze plaque commemorating a 14th century battle.