Definitions for dolmen

dolmen dol·men

Spelling: [dohl-men, -muh n, dol-]
IPA: /ˈdoʊl mɛn, -mən, ˈdɒl-/

Dolmen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in dolmen (delmno).

Definitions for dolmen

noun

  1. a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.

Origin of dolmen

1855-60; French Cornish, lenited form of tolmen hole of stone (taken by French archeologists to mean cromlech)

Examples for dolmen

From words that escaped him while he was sleeping under the Fairies' dolmen.

The moon-worshipper did no worse when he led the chosen victim to the dolmen.

Within the dolmen, which was so revered that the neighbours swore their chief oath by it, were kept certain sacred scriptures.

There is a rude circle of menhirs at the site, with a trilithon or dolmen on one side.

We do at least know that the dolmen was raised above a burial, in the one instance of Zennor above two.

And on each of these mountains we found groups of dolmen still standing.

Contemporary with this later form of dolmen were several other types of tomb.

For this he needs an outlet issuing near the Fairies' dolmen.

The dolmen, or table of rock, is formed of a long stone laid flat over other stones set in the ground.

The church is laid out like a dolmen, and the towers are the menhirs.

Word Value for dolmen
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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