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crom⋅lech

   [krom-lek]
–noun Archaeology.
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Welsh, equiv. to crom bent, curved, crooked (fem. of crwm) + lech, comb. form of llech flat stone
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crom·lech     (krŏm'lěk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A prehistoric monument consisting of monoliths encircling a mound.
  2. A dolmen.

[Welsh : crom, feminine of crwm, arched + llech, stone.]
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cromlech 
1603, from Welsh, from crom, fem. of crwm "crooked, bent, concave" + llech "(flat) stone." Applied in Wales and Cornwall to what in Brittany is a dolmen; a cromlech there is a circle of standing stones.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cromlech

noun
a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone [syn: dolmen] 

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Cromlech

Crom"lech\ (kr[o^]m"l[e^]k), n. [W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.] (Arch[ae]ol.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

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