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megaliths

noun

plural of megalith
as in stones

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  1. stones
  2. monuments
  3. monoliths
  4. gravestones
  5. tombstones
  6. headstones
  7. obelisks
Noun
  • The Rahvi lights, meanwhile, are adorned with jewelry-like amulets of semiprecious stones.
    — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
  • After all, season 1 ended on a massive cliffhanger over whether Julia and their son William were able to use the sending stones to finally return home to the 1920s.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of stones
Noun
  • Excuses are tools of the incompetent and only build monuments to nothingness.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Advocates argue carts are silent, occupy less space than tourist vans and buses, and don’t choke the air with exhaust that also stains historic monuments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of monuments
Noun
  • The winning model here is a coordinated platform ecosystem, not fragmented vendors or rigid monoliths.
    — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial Impressive stone carvings at Mount Rushmore—as well as at Crazy Horse Memorial, still under construction—are more than memorable monoliths.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
Definition of monoliths
Noun
  • Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Almost like gravestones etched with the years of a life, they were marked with the diameter of the trees that had once stood there.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of gravestones
Noun
  • King said when individuals were buried on top of one another, the cemetery’s management removed the tombstones and resold the plots.
    — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of tombstones
Noun
  • Surnames like McKenzie, Adams and Scribner make frequent appearances on headstones at the roughly 600-grave cemetery, which is still allows burials of descendants of the town or people who live nearby.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Others in group were skilled at straightening delicate headstones in a way that prevents damage, said former American Legion Auxiliary National President Lisa Williamson.
    — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of headstones
Noun
  • This dainty grower is perfect for small obelisks and trellises.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • The line was marked then, as now, by obelisks, 276 of them today, placed roughly within view of one another from El Paso west to the Pacific Ocean ‒ an early attempt to harden the line in the sand.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of obelisks
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