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CAIRN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
Synonyms:
cairn; cairn terrier
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cairn" is a kind of...):
terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cairn" is a kind of...):
mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)
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