A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
Used in a Sentence
cairn
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cairn.
Editorial note
It’s a very similar task as building a cairn from pebbles, actually, just on an intellectual level.
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Definitions3
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Quick take
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cairn gathered in one view.
A cairn terrier.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cairn.
noun
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
noun
A cairn terrier.
noun
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
Example sentences
It’s a very similar task as building a cairn from pebbles, actually, just on an intellectual level.
Some projects accrete over years, like a pile of stones forming a cairn.
It may be the world's largest cairn/tumulus but definitely not the oldest pyramid.
You might enjoy the Cairn demo on steam if you like Jusant.
I mostly play Cairn and similar games though where characters are a bit more transient.
When they write Cairn I sometimes see stack related error messages scroll by, but they always correct them quickly before they stop.
One person decided to fight the entire project on the basis of a cairn of rocks that 5 or 6 archaeologists agreed had no cultural significance.
Someone who took their critical theory course seriously said: 'can we check those bones again to see if they had bias?', and, as easely predicted, having weapons in a cairn did not meant the skeleton was male, thus we no understand info-european culture better than before (which is more in line with ancient Celtic culture than Judeo-Christian culture, especially when it comes to females).
Quote examples
I don't know the exact word to use, but sometimes you have well used, well marked trails and other times you have a "trail" that maybe gets used a few times a year and is more like a choose your own adventure with a rock cairn or two every couple hundred meters if you are lucky.
Proper noun examples
Cairn is a crazy sprawling idea, Mog is a little attempt at something limited but practical.
Cairn is a general purpose language with features that help in writing probably working code.
No one has thought about Cairn, it's pure LLM hallucination, the fact that it exists and can do a lot of stuff it's just the result of someone (me) not knowing when a joke has gone too far.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use cairn in a sentence?
It’s a very similar task as building a cairn from pebbles, actually, just on an intellectual level.
What does cairn mean?
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
What part of speech is cairn?
cairn is commonly used as noun.