Synonyms for cairn
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kairn |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɛərn |
Top 10 synonyms for cairn Other synonyms for the word cairn
Définition of cairn
Origin :- 1530s, from Scottish carne, from Gaelic carn "heap of stones, rocky hill," akin to Gaulish karnon "horn," from PIE root *ker-n- "highest part of the body, horn," thus "tip, peak" (see horn (n.)).
- As in memorial : noun monument, testimonial in honor, praise
- As in monument : noun memorial, remembrance
- As in pyramid : noun monument
- Clawbonny and Bell walked to the cairn with picks in their hands.
- Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
- Clawbonny and Bell, armed with their pickaxes made for the cairn.
- Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
- He would begin to-morrow with the cairn for the rock-plants.
- Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
- The remainder pushed on to Cape Herschel, and left a record in a cairn.
- Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
- In a cairn on the point Fitzjames placed a brief record, and that is all.
- Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
- Presently there loomed before him, gleaming in the moonlight, the cairn.
- Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed
- But father has just lived in his own house of Cairn Ferris all his life.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- Build up the cairn, ye active youths, for victory is with us.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller
- Each man, by Charles's order, carried a stone to lay on Manfred's cairn.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
- True, it was the only friend I had then; but for it an attempt to have built the cairn would have been vain.
- Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid
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