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chamber tomb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈt͡ʃæɪ̯m.bɐ ˌtʉːm/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯m.bəɹ ˌtum/ (Canada, General-American)
  • chām′bər to͞om′
  • /ˈt͡ʃæɪ̯m.ba ˌtʉːm/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯m.bə ˌtuːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈt͡ʃem.bəɹ ˌtʉm/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈt͡ʃæɪ̯m.bə ˌtʉːm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈt͡ʃeːm.bəʳ ˌʈuːm/ (India)

Meanings

  1. A communal burial place, cut into rock or hillslopes or constructed of masonry, whose chamber may or may not have an entry passage, usually covered by a mound.

Forms

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chamber tombs Number=Plur lexicographic
chamber-tomb alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

dolmen

Synonyms

burial chamber · chambered tomb

Translations (4)

fr tombe à chambres (communal burial place) · fr chambre funéraire (communal burial place) · fr tombe à chambre (communal burial place) · fr dolmen (communal burial place)

wikidata: Q358316