Yahoo Malaysia Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   monument

   /ˈmɒnjʊm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event: "a simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site" Similar memorialstatuepillarcolumnobeliskcrosscairndolmencromlechmonolithmegalithhengestone circlecenotaphtombmausoleumshrinesepulchrereliquarychorten
   • ▪ a statue or other structure placed over a grave in memory of the dead: "a handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave" Similar gravestoneheadstonetombstone
   • ▪ a building, structure, or site that is of historical importance or interest: "the amphitheatre is one of the many Greek monuments in Sicily"
   • ▪ an enduring and memorable example of something: "recordings that are a monument to the art of playing the piano" Similar testamentrecordreminderremembrancememorialcommemorationwitnesstokenexampleexemplarmodelarchetypepatternnonpareilparagon

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a burial place): via French from Latin monumentum, from monere ‘remind’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points