Usually means: Ancient circular building, typically Greek.
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  3. tholos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. Tholos (Ancient Rome), Tholos (Athens), Tholos (Delphi), Tholos (architecture), Tholos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (tholos)

▸ noun:  A dome, or domed building; a cupola.
▸ noun:  A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.

Similar:
thole, cupula, cupola, cupalo, cockle, oculus, parabolic cup, conch, cyme, torus, more...

Phrases:
tholos tomb, Tholos of Delphi, more...

Adjectives:
small, great, mycenaean, circular, large, greek, early, central, round, later, famous



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Similar:
thole, cupula, cupola, cupalo, cockle, oculus, parabolic cup, conch, cyme, torus, more...

Phrases:
tholos tomb, Tholos of Delphi, more...

Adjectives:
small, great, mycenaean, circular, large, greek, early, central, round, later, famous



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