tumulus

tu·mu·lus (t

-l

s, 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]

tumulus, barrow - A tumulus is the mound of earth placed over a tomb, synonymous with barrow.

See also related terms for mound.

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Noun

tumulus - (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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