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Tumulus

An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

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Hill 76% connected

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

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Mound 76% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

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Barrow 92% connected

A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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-ock unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artificial, hillock, raised, over, grave.
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Ancient adjective · 78% connection

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…

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Antiquary noun · 78% connection

One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, c…

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Antiquity noun · 78% connection

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

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Berry noun · 78% connection

A mound; a hillock.

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Burrow noun · 78% connection

A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

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Crannoge noun · 78% connection

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

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Down preposition · 78% connection

A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

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Embossment noun · 78% connection

A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative ef…

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Epitaph noun · 78% connection

An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

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Ghoul noun · 78% connection

someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

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Golden-eye noun · 78% connection

A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called w…

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Gradine noun · 78% connection

Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.

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Grave verb · 78% connection

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was form…

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