monument in English dictionary

  • monument

    Meanings and definitions of "monument"

    • A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    • An important site owned by the community as a whole.
    • An exceptionally or prideful achievement.
    • An important burial vault or tomb.
    • A legal document.
    • A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
    • noun
      A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    • noun
      An important site owned by the community as a whole.
    • noun
      An exceptional or proud achievement.
    • noun
      An important burial vault or tomb.
    • noun
      A legal document.
    • noun
      A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
    • An object, especially large and made of stone, built to remember and show respect to a person or group of people, or a special place made for this purpose.
    • A burial vault (usually for some famous person).
    • a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons
    • noun
      an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
    • noun
      a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
    • noun
      a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

    Synonyms of "monument" in English dictionary

    sepulcher, site, repository are the top synonyms of "monument" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of monument

    • monument ( plural  monuments) A monument (definitions 1 or 2) in Lithuania at the Geographical Center of Europe
    • monument (plural monuments)
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