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Definition of 'cairn'Noun
( en-noun)
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn . -Campbell.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
A cairn terrier.
Derived terms
* cairned
* cairn terrier
Synonyms
* burial mound
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Similar to 'cairn'crown, churn, corn, caron, careen, croon, crayon, corrin, cran, crin, croyn, chron, carn, cerin, chyron, cerian, ceroan, coroun, cohorn, ceroon, caroon, charan, chrain
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