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Word entry · 5 letters

cairn

Best crossword clue

"stone trail marker"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɛən/Part of speech nounSorted acinrStarts with CEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland

Word origin

From Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic càrn, from Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Used in a sentence

  • "Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn: / Why speak ye no word!"—said Glenara the stern.
  • After fifteen minutes of this we were glad to reach a high saddle on which former travellers had piled little cairns of commemoration and thankfulness.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01stone trail marker5 letters
02Trailside stone pile5 letters

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