Monument

Quick meaning: Monument is a noun meaning A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
2. (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
3. A sign of exceptional achievement.
4. An important burial vault or tomb.
5. Any grave marker.
6. A legal document.
7. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

Example Sentences

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

Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .

The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.

The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.

Word Forms

• monuments
• monumenting
• monumented

Synonyms for monument

Depending on context, synonyms include repository, memorial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include memorial, repository, landmark, monumental, building, cenotaph.

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