Usually means: Ancient burial mound, earth-covered.
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  1. tumulus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tumulus: Merriam-Webster
  3. tumulus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tumulus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tumulus: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tumulus: Vocabulary.com
  7. tumulus: Wordnik
  8. tumulus: Wiktionary
  9. tumulus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tumulus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tumulus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tumulus: Dictionary.com
  13. tumulus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Tumulus (band), Tumulus (disambiguation), Tumulus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Tumulus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. tumulus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. tumulus: Rhymezone
  18. Tumulus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. tumulus: FreeDictionary.org
  20. tumulus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. tumulus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. tumulus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tumulus: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tumulus)

▸ noun:  (archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.

Similar:
burial mound, barrow, grave mound, gravemound, berry, bowl barrow, burrow, tummock, kerb, hump, more...

Opposite:
valley, plain, flatland

Phrases:
Tumulus culture, Saint-Michel tumulus, Tumulus of Bougon, more...

Adjectives:
large, small, great, sized, ancient, high, low, chambered, huge, round, sepulchral
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Similar:
burial mound, barrow, grave mound, gravemound, berry, bowl barrow, burrow, tummock, kerb, hump, more...

Opposite:
valley, plain, flatland

Phrases:
Tumulus culture, Saint-Michel tumulus, Tumulus of Bougon, more...

Adjectives:
large, small, great, sized, ancient, high, low, chambered, huge, round, sepulchral



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