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monument

/ˈmɒnjʊmənt/
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noun

  • 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."

  • An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  • An exceptional or proud achievement.
  • An important burial vault or tomb.
  • 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.

verb

  • To mark or memorialize with a monument.

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