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Etymology
Welsh, from crom (feminine of crwm �bowed, arched�) + llech �(flat) stone�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'kɹ�m.lek/, SAMPA|/"krQm.lek/

Noun
en-noun

1. A dolmen or ancient underground tomb.

#:*1922, The scenes depicted on the emunctory field, showing our ancient duns and raths and cromlechs and grianauns and seats of learning and maledictive stones, are as wonderfully beautiful and the pigments as delicate as when the Sligo illuminators gave free rein to their artistic fantasy long long ago in the time of the Barmecides. � James Joyce, Ulysses

Translations

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