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Stonehenge Definition

Stone·henge (stōn′henj′)

noun

a circular arrangement of prehistoric megaliths on Salisbury Plain, England, probably set up in the Neolithic period

Etymology: ME stonheng < ston, stone + OE henge, (something) hanging: for IE base see hang

Stonehenge Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • campaign: Ive spent hours getting it so when people search for stonehenge they get to our stonehenge campaign.
Stonehenge Quotes

I wish that I could bring Stonehenge to Nyasaland, to show that there was a time when Britain had a savage culture.

—Banda, Hastings Kamuzu

   They filled our hall like a monogrammed Stonehenge.

—Riva, Maria