monuments

/หˆmษ’njสŠmษ™nts/

IPA: /M AA1 N Y AH0 M AH0 N T S/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThere is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.โ€

  2. 2

    An important site owned by the community as a whole.

  3. 3

    An exceptional or proud achievement.

  4. 4

    An important burial vault or tomb.

  5. 5

    A legal document.

  6. 6

    A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

  7. 7

    A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

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