Monument - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɑːnjʊmənt|
Brit.
|ˈmɒnjʊm(ə)nt|
noun
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events (syn: memorial)
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person) (syn: repository)
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person) (syn: repository)
Extra examples
They have erected a monument in his honor.
He erected a monument on the spot where his daughter was killed.
Ancient monuments are protected by law.
A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.
...asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony...
They inscribed the monument with the soldiers' names.
The monument bore an inscription.
The company is a monument to Sir Peter's energy and vision.
...the splendor of the ancient monument awed us into silence...
Word forms
noun
singular: monument
plural: monuments
singular: monument
plural: monuments
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