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crom⋅lech

  [krom-lek]
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–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')   
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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