cist

noun

ˈsist  ˈkist 

: a neolithic or Bronze Age burial chamber typically lined with stone

Examples of cist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several individuals had been interred within burial cists made of volcanic tuff. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

The Orkney Islands are rich in prehistoric sites, and it was thought, at first, that the slab could be the capstone of a type of Bronze Age burial known as a cist. — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Welsh, chest, from Latin cista

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cist

• cyst
• didst
• fist
• gist
• grist
• hissed
• kissed
• kist
• list
• missed
• mist
• schist