monument
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
Example
“There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.”
Other meanings
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
Related words
- megamonument
- monumentless
- monumentlike
- monumentous
- national monument
- ancient monument
- monument plant
- monument sign
- Monument Beach
- Monument Hills
- Monument Valley
- remonumentation
Word history
From Latin "monumentum" (memorial, monument, tomb).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “monument” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.