Definition of
monument has definitions from the field of geography
1
[ noun ] a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Synonyms

memorial

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

Or the city can be a graveyard monument to Western intransigence , if that is what the West wants .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Pels also sent a check for $ 100 to Russell 's widow and had a white marble monument erected on his grave .

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

They can even be rather grand , like Edward_Land 's monument to the astonishing success of Polaroid .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

In France he had puzzled the meaning of the great stone monuments men had thrown up to the sky , and always as he wandered , he felt a stranger to their exultation .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

The veterans , idling on their benches in the Square , beneath the soldiers ' monument , got_to_their_feet when Papa approached : `` Morning , Reverend '' !

Related terms

structure gravestone brass pyramid national_monument megalith pantheon Statue_of_Liberty lincoln_memorial triumphal_arch cenotaph washington_monument commemorate

2
[ noun ] (geography) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

Related terms

site market_cross

3
[ noun ] a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Synonyms

repository

Related terms

burial_chamber

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

M AA1 N Y UW0 M AH0 N T
M AA1 N Y AH0 M AH0 N T

Similar Spelling

monumental

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