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Erect

(Verb) To build, construct, or raise something upright.

Upright

(Adj) 1, ​(of a person) not lying down, and with the back straight rather than bent

2, placed in a vertical position

3, (of a person) behaving in a moral and honest way

Sit/stand bolt upright

(Idiom) to sit or stand with your back straight

Circular

(Adj)1, having the shape of a circle, round

2, moving around in a circle

3, using the idea or statement to prove something that is then used to prove idea or statement of the beginning

4, sent to large number of people

Primitive

(Adj)

1, belonging to a very simple society with no industry

2, belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals

3, crude material (raw material), old-fashioned (crude only use for natural subtances)

4, (of a feeling or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life

Fashioned out of

(Phrase) Made of

Ditch

(Noun) long channel dug at the side of a field or road, to hold or take away water

Bank

(Noun)

1,Side of river, canal

2, pile or mass of earth, clouds, etc

Henge

​(noun) a circle of large standing wooden or stone objects built in prehistoric times

post

(Noun)

1, position

2, an act of sending somebody to a particular place to do their job, especially for a limited period of time

3,a piece of wood or metal that is set in the ground in a position pointing upwards, especially to support something or to mark a point

Raft

(Noun)

1, flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform

2,​ a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air

Scholar

(Noun)

1, expert

2, students who have scholarship

Horseshoe

(Noun)

1,piece of curved iron that is attached with nails to the bottom of a horse’s foot. A horseshoe is often used as a symbol of good luck.

2, anything that is like a horseshoe in shape

Boulder

​(noun) a very large rock which has been shaped by water or the weather

Sledges

(Noun) vehicle for travelling over snow and ice, with long narrow pieces of wood or metal instead of wheels.

Lug

(Verb) to carry or drag something heavy with a lot of effort

Tow

(Verb) pull a car, boat, etc. behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain

Fleet

(Noun)

1, a group of military ships commanded by the same person

2, a group of ships fishing together

3, fleet (of something) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization

Hypothesis

Theory

Groove

1, ​a long narrow cut in the surface of something hard

2, type of rhythm

Plank

1, a long narrow flat piece of wood that is used for making floors, etc.

2, ​a main point in the policy of an organization, especially a political party