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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -lith n combining form - indicating stone or rock: megalith
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Etymology: from Greek lithos stone lith (lith),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]- an arm or leg;
limb. - a joint, as of the finger.
- a segment, as of an orange.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, Old High German lid, Old Norse lithr, Gothic lithus limb, member; akin to German Glied
- var. of litho- before a vowel:lithic.
-lith, - a combining form meaning "stone'' (acrolith;
megalith;
paleolith);
sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith;
laccolith). Cf. -lite.
Lith., - Place NamesLithuania.
- Language VarietiesAlso, Lith Lithuanian.
lith., - lithograph.
- lithographic.
- lithography.
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