Sarsen

What do we mean by sarsen?

One of several large masses of silicified sandstone or conglomerate found on or near the ground surface in England and Brittany and believed to be the erosional remains of a sedimentary bed deposited during the Tertiary Period. These masses were used by Neolithic peoples as monoliths. noun

Same as Saracen (formerly used in a vague sense for foreigner). noun

The name given in southwestern England to former inhabitants of the region, and especially to former workers of the tin-mines, the ancient piles of attle in Cornwall and Devon being designated as “Jews' pits,” “Jews' leavings,” “attal-Sarsen” or “-Saracen,” “remains of the Sarcens,” etc. noun

lowercase Same as Saracen's stone (which see, under Saracen). noun

One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone. noun

One of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England. noun

Any of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England.

Words that are spelled similarly to sarsen:
sarsen, larsen, arsen, sarse, sarson, sarnen, saren, sassen, karsen, sarsep, carsen, sausen.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sarsen:
stonehenge, tumulus, stones, neolithic, barrow, prehistoric, stone, circle, sandstone, dense, monument, erected, kent, sand, foot, chamber, phase, bronze, hill, hard, feet, lies, parish, believed, site, remains, thought, location, half, valley, eastern, centre.

Words that rhyme with sarsen:
carson, tarzan, arsen, garzon, marzan, ares in, avatars in, barres in, bars in, bars inn, bazaars in, boxcars in, cars in, chars in, cigars in, czars in, feldspars in, garza in, guitars in, handlebars in, hectares in, jaguars in, jars in, lars in, magyars in, mars in, memoirs in, motorcars in, nars in, pars in, radars in, railcars in, registrars in, reservoirs in, sars in, scars in, seminars in, sidebars in, spars in, stars in, superstars in, tsars in, vars in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sarsen:
large, local, burnt, ordinary, cut, tallest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sarsen:
stones, circle, stone, trilithons, ring, blocks, boulders, uprights, horseshoe, structure, slabs, monument, boulder, lintels, chips, mauls, archway, pillars, trilithon, site, orthostats, block, sandstone, vault, fragments, hammerstones, monoliths, crescent, megaliths, chambers, structures, phase, stonehenge, flakes.

Consonant match to sarsen:
serzone, sars in.

Words that sound like sarsen:
sarsen, sarson, sarsa, sourcing, soren, sarin, saurian, scorsone, siren, syrian, seren, siron, sargon, syren, suren, sisson, sasson, sison, summer sun, saron, seran, syron, star sign, csun, thorson, sea urchin, severson, thorsen, sasan, surin, harsin, sartan, sirion, summerson, syverson, sursum, sarsi, sarton, sardan, syrien, simerson, sorin, carson, parson, marson, garson, farson, shearson, sources, serin, csn, sorrowing, sirin, soran, serein, sorgen, sardin, sasin, sarkin, seisin, sorum, horsin, season, arson, serum, sardine, saxon, larson, larsen, arsen, saison, sassoon, cerium, sarra, corson, larsson, sartain, sarn, sarum, saraj, saara, coarsen, sanson, courson, sensen, barson, sansone, ciren, porson, sertan, morson, saraa, sarse, saram, saarinen, sachsen, seron, circean, seram, sarazen.