cairn

5 letters in word "cairn": A C I N R.

Anagrams of cairn:

• naric

Words found within cairn:

ai ain air airn an ani ar arc cain can car carn cran in na narc rai rain ran rani ria rin

• Definitions:
• A mound of stones serving as memorial or marker.
• A pile of stones, usually as a monument or marker.
• stones intentionally piled by humans.
• a stack or mound of stones that provides a visible marker of a trail's location through areas that are devoid of trees.
• a mound or heap of stones for a memorial
• A heap of stones, often specifically deposited to cover a burial. In some cases the cairns are simply the result of clearing stones from agricultural fields. The monument is typical of the Bronze Age period.
• cairn-like = conical pile of stones
• a pile of stones, commonly used to mark the summit of a hill, or the route up a hill. carn/cairn - a cairn, heap of stones; a hill of this shape, as in Cairn Bannoch or Carn Dearg. clach - a stone. cnap - a little hill, a knob, a lump. cnoc - a hillock or smallish hill. coire - a corrie. ...
• A small pile of stones used as a trail marker. See also Monument and Duck. Cairns are often used in canyon country to mark the location of trails and hiking routes. Cairns, especially over slickrock areas, are normally placed at intervals along or at places where a route makes a turn.
• a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
• A cairn is a non-naturally occurring pile of stones erected by a person or persons. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways.

• cairds ←
• caird ←
• caiques ←
• cairn
• → cairned
• → cairngorm
• → cairngorms