'Cairn' definitions:
Definition of 'cairn'
From: WordNet
noun
A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
noun
Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn: cairn, cairn terrier]
Definition of 'Cairn'
From: GCIDE
- Cairn \Cairn\, n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W. carn.]
- 1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. [1913 Webster]
- Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. --C. Kingsley. Kane. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cairn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- barrow,
- bench mark,
- bookmark,
- boundary stone,
- brass,
- bust,
- catstone,
- cenotaph,
- column,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- cup,
- cyclolith,
- dolmen,
- footstone,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- headstone,
- hoarstone,
- inscription,
- landmark,
- lighthouse,
- lightship,
- mark,
- marker,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- menhir,
- milepost,
- milestone,
- monolith,
- monument,
- mound,
- necrology,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- pharos,
- pillar,
- plaque,
- platform,
- prize,
- pyramid,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- ribbon,
- rostral column,
- seamark,
- shaft,
- shrine,
- stela,
- stone,
- stupa,
- tablet,
- testimonial,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tope,
- tower,
- trophy,
- watchtower