Landmark - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
- an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken
Extra examples
The Golden Gate Bridge is a famous landmark in San Francisco.
The battlefield is a national historical landmark.
The moon landing is a landmark in space exploration.
The decision was a landmark in legal history.
The Rock of Gibraltar is one of Europe's most famous landmarks.
We ride past the Kremlin and other historic landmarks.
It is a landmark in the history of the computer.
One of Belfast's most famous landmarks, the Grosvenor Hall, has been demolished.
The discovery of penicillin was a landmark in the history of medicine.
The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in January 2001.
They published a landmark paper in 1995.
The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark (=a famous place or building that is easy to recognize).
The talks went down as a landmark in the peace process.
Word forms
singular: landmark
plural: landmarks
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