monument
/ˈmɒnjʊmənt//ˈmɑnjəmənt/
noun
- 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
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- 3
An exceptional or proud achievement.
- 4
An important burial vault or tomb.
- 5
A legal document.
- 6
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- 7
A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
verb
- 1
To mark or memorialize with a monument.
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