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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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