menhir
Definitions
A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.
Equivalents
Examples
“Near-synonym: orthostat”
“[N]o time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish⟳ at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods, […]”
“On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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