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tho⋅los

  [thoh-los, -lohs]
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–noun, plural -loi  [-loi] .
1. (in classical architecture)
a. a circular building.
b. a small, round structure, as a lantern.
c. a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.
2. a subterranean domed tomb chamber of the Mycenaean age.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Gk thólos lit., rotunda
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tho·los   (thō'lŏs, -lōs)   
n.   pl. tho·loi (-loi)
A beehive-shaped stone tomb of Mycenaean Greece, roofed by corbeling and usually built into the side of a hill.

[Greek, round building with a conical roof.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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