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Monument

see synonyms of monument

Noun

1. memorial, monument

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

2. monument

an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

3. monument, repository

a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Monument

see synonyms of monument
noun
1. 
an obelisk, statue, building, etc, erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something
2. 
a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property
3. 
a tomb or tombstone
4. 
a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period
5. US
a boundary marker
6. 
an exceptional example
his lecture was a monument of tedium
7.  an obsolete word for statue
noun
the Monument

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Monument

see synonyms of monument
noun
1. 
something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet, statue, pillar, building, etc.
2. 
a structure surviving from a former period
3. 
a writing or the like serving as a memorial
4. 
a. 
a work, production, etc. of enduring value or significance
monuments of learning
b. 
lasting or outstanding evidence or example
5.  US
a stone shaft or other object set in the earth to mark a boundary
6.  Obsolete
a. 
a tomb; sepulcher
b. 
a statue; effigy

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Monument

see synonyms of monument
n.
1. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
2. An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.
3. Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era.
4.
a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.
b. An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness" (Robert L. Heilbroner).
5. An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.

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