burial mound

English

Noun

burial mound (plural burial mounds)

1. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

Synonyms

• barrow
• burian (chiefly Scottish)
• cairn
• kurgan (Siberia and Central Asia)
• tumulus

 

• see others in Thesaurus:cemetery

Translations

tumulus — see tumulus

See also

• dolmen
• pyramid