meg·a·ron (m g  -r n )n. pl. meg·a·ra (- r-) The main hall or central room of a palace or house, especially of Mycenaean Greece, having a pillared porch and a more or less central hearth. [Greek.] |
megaron [ˈmɛgəˌrɒn]
n pl -ra [-rə]
(Social Science / Archaeology) a tripartite rectangular room containing a central hearth surrounded by four pillars, found in Bronze Age Greece and Asia Minor
[from Greek, literally: hall, from megas large]
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