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cairn

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cairn  (kârn)
n.
A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker.

[Middle English carne, from Scottish Gaelic carn, from Old Irish.]

cairned adj.

cairn [kɛən]
n
1. a mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Also called cairn terrier a small rough-haired breed of terrier originally from Scotland
[from Gaelic carn]

Cairn a pile of stones, usually erected to mark a spot as a memorial or to mark a cache of provisions, etc., 1535.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cairncairn - a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
marking, mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
2.cairncairn - small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
Translations
cairn [kɛən] Nmontón m de piedras colocadas como señal
cairn [ˈkɛərn] n (= mound of stones) → cairn m
cairn
n
Steinpyramide f, → Steinhügel m
(also cairn terrier)Cairnterrier m
cairn [kɛən] ntumulo (di pietre)
cairn [kɛən] ntumulo (di pietre)


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After this, the Achaeans pile him a cairn and hold games in his honour.
Constantly my eyes scanned the blinding waste of sand for the ricky cairn beneath which I was to find the wires leading to Pellucidar--but always was I unsuccessful.
When his body and armour had been burned to ashes, we raised a cairn, set a stone over it, and at the top of the cairn we fixed the oar that he had been used to row with.
 
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