English noun: monument |
1. | monument (artifact) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events |
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| Synonyms | memorial |
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| Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | brass, cenotaph, empty tomb, gravestone, headstone, megalith, megalithic structure, memorial tablet, national monument, pantheon, plaque, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World, tombstone, triumphal arch |
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| Instance hyponym | Great Pyramid, Lincoln Memorial, Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt, Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument |
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2. | monument (location) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property |
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| Broader (hypernym) | land site, site |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | market cross |
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| Instance hyponym | Stonehenge |
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3. | monument (artifact) a burial vault (usually for some famous person) |
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| Synonyms | repository |
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| Broader (hypernym) | burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture |
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