Definitions for megaron

• Definition
• Anagrams (277)

megaron meg·a·ron

Spelling: [meg-uh-ron]

IPA: /ˈmɛg əˌrɒn/

Megaron is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in megaron (aegmnor).

Definitions for megaron

noun

1. a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.

Origin of megaron

First recorded in 1875-80, megaron is from the Greek word mégaron (in Homer) the principal living quarters of a palace

Examples for megaron

In the oldest time it was not only symbolically but actually the centre of the house, and especially of the megaron.

But if doma here be not equivalent to megaron, what room can it possibly be?

There can be little doubt that this circle indicates the position of the hearth in the centre of the megaron.

They sleep mucho domou; that is, not in a separate recess in the house, but in a recess of the great hall or megaron.