megalithic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to megaliths, the prehistoric people who erected them, or the period in which such large-stone monuments were built

   The survey mapped a megalithic burial chamber beneath the grassy mound.

Common collocations

• megalithic structure Adjective + noun

Formed from mega-, from Greek megas ("great, large"), lith, from Greek lithos ("stone"), and the adjective suffix -ic. It is equivalent to megalith + -ic and denotes structures made from one or more very large stones.

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