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# cairn

noun (cairn, cairns)

«cairn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A heap of stones piled up, often to mark a grave or a path on a hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cairn/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a stone heap built to honour the dead or mark a place; in walking, a marker on the hills

### Examples

- They built a cairn over the grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cairn/#x1)
- We followed the cairns across the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cairn/#x2)
- The old stones were piled into a cairn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cairn/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cairn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cairn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cairn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cairn.html) on Mova free.