English > monument: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A structure erected to commemorate persons or events. |
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| Synonym | memorial |
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| Instances | Lincoln Memorial | memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln |
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| Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt | A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides |
| Statue of Liberty | A large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay |
| Washington Monument | A stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington |
| Narrower | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World | impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe |
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| brass, memorial tablet, plaque | A memorial made of brass |
| cenotaph, empty tomb | A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered |
| gravestone, headstone, tombstone | A stone that is used to mark a grave |
| megalith, megalithic structure | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) |
| national monument | memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic / historic interest |
| pantheon | A monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes |
| triumphal arch | A monumental archway |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | monumento conmemorativo, monumento |
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| Catalan | memorial, monument commemoratiu, monument |
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| Adjectives | monumental | relating or belonging to or serving as a monument |
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