monument
Meanings
Plural: monuments
Noun
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- A surviving record.
- Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
Verb
- To mark or memorialize with a monument.
- To place a surveyor's monument at.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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