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Definition of menhir noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

menhir

noun
 
/ˈmenhɪə(r)/
 
/ˈmenhɪr/
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  1. a tall stone that was shaped and put up on one end in the ground by prehistoric people in western Europe synonym standing stone
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Breton men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’.
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