monument

/ˈmɒnjʊmənt//ˈmɑnjəmənt/

noun

  1. 1

    A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

    There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  2. 2

    An important site owned by the community as a whole.

  3. 3

    An exceptional or proud achievement.

  4. 4

    An important burial vault or tomb.

  5. 5

    A legal document.

  6. 6

    A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

  7. 7

    A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

verb

  1. 1

    To mark or memorialize with a monument.

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