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tumulus

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtjuːmjələs/Part of speech nounSorted lmstuuuStarts with TEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

Word origin

From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“to swell”). Doublet of tombolo.

Used in a sentence

  • They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.
  • Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.
  • The delicate white body will be covered to-day, The tumulus be reared, the green sod give way: And there, oh Cynvarch, thy son they will lay.

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