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tumulus

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tu·mu·lus  (tmy-ls, ty-)
n. pl. tu·mu·li (-l)
An ancient grave mound; a barrow.
[Latin; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]
tumulus [ˈtjuːmjʊləs]
n pl -li [-liː]
(Social Science / Archaeology) Archaeol (no longer in technical usage) another word for barrow2
[from Latin: a hillock, from tumēre to swell up]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tumulustumulus - (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
burial mound, grave mound, barrow
hill, mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Translations
tumulus [ˈtjuːmjʊləs] N (tumuli (pl)) [ˈtjuːmjʊlaɪ] → túmulo m
tumulus
n → Tumulus m, → Grabhügel m


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The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
In the centre was a hillock or tumulus, surmounted by a scorched hawthorn.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
The shadow of the Saxon hero-king still walks there fitfully, reviewing the scenes of his youth and love-time, and is met by the gloomier shadow of the dreadful heathen Dane, who was stabbed in the midst of his warriors by the sword of an invisible avenger, and who rises on autumn evenings like a white mist from his tumulus on the hill, and hovers in the court of the old hall by the river-side, the spot where he was thus miraculously slain in the days before the old hall was built.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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