The meaning of Monument

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A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline.

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Elation was to glimpse limp prayer flags and rough cairns with goat horns that marked the pass.

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A monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war.

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In the grounds, swathed in palm fronds, stands a marble cenotaph commemorating the dead of the high…

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A public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died in war, often with their names written on it

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(chiefly in tibet) a buddhist shrine, typically a saint's tomb or a monument to the buddha.

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Jewels, gold statues of the buddha and other treasures are often left as offerings in temples and c…

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An upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument.

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A wide entrance portico of eight ionic columns

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A tall, vertical post used as a support for the roof of a building or for decoration

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A column of soldiers, a column of smoke, the article filled two columns., a column on sports, a col…

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A vertical block of printed text on a page of a newspaper or magazine

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The article appears in the second column on page two., she continued to write her column until shor…

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(in wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones; a dolmen.

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They were the so called megalithic people, the builders of dolmens, cromlechs and other monuments o…

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A dolmen (= an ancient group of stones consisting of one large flat stone supported by several vertical ones)

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A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

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Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

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A megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones, found chiefly in britain and france.

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Some areas in northern france are also known for their megalithic standing stones, called dolmens o…

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A group of stones consisting of one large flat stone supported by several vertical ones, built in ancient times

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A prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights.

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Making monuments, henges, and stone circles required an immense amount of labour and the coordinati…

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A prehistoric circle of large stones or wooden objects

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A stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs.

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The cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum

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A building in which the bodies of dead people are buried

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A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument (e.g. a standing stone) or part of one (e.g. a stone circle).

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A smaller circle of some forty ancient megaliths

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A large stone, sometimes forming part of a group or circle, thought to have been important to people in the stone age for social or religious reasons

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A statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event.

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A memorial to general robert e. lee

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An object made in order to honor a person or event

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The statue is a memorial to those who died in the war.

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A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.

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We passed stonehenge, the strange stone monoliths silhouetted against the horizon

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A large block of stone standing by itself that was put up by people in ancient times

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He said that the national health service had become a vast bureaucratic monolith., the study docume…

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A tapering stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section, set up as a monument or landmark.

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High above a hill in oakwood cemetery at troy, new york, stands a huge obelisk, a monument to the l…

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A tall stone column with four sloping sides and a pointed top, made in honour of an important person or event

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A tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument.

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Every bungalow is supported on stone pillars, which permits us to maintain the natural terrain and …

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A strong vertical column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building or stands alone for decoration

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He’s a pillar of the dallas business community.

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A container for holy relics.

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As the importance of saints and their relics increased, reliquaries and image-bearing objects, such…

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A small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

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And he took it down, wrapped it in a long linen swathing cloth, and laid it in an unused sepulchre …

verb

Lay or bury in or as if in a sepulchre.

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Tomes are soon out of print and sepulchred in the dust of libraries

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A stone structure where someone is buried

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A place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, marked by a building or other construction.

Usage examples:

The medieval pilgrim route to the shrine of st james

verb

Enshrine.

Usage examples:

A goddess shrined in every tree

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A place where people come to worship, usually because of a connection with a holy person or a mysterious religious event or object

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A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.

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The sculptor antonio canova used classical statues as the basis for his figures of modern men and w…

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A large art object, often representing a person or an animal, that is made from a hard material, esp. stone or metal

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A large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

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It is england's oldest borough; athelstan, the first king of england was initially buried here and …

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A structure or underground room where someone, esp. an important person, is buried