monuments
Meaning of monuments
plural noun
- a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.
a simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site
a monument to Magellan is in the main square of the city
Middle English (denoting a burial place): via French from Latin monumentum, from monere ‘remind’.
Information about monuments
- It is a name.
- The singular form of monuments is: monument.
- Languages in which monuments is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of monuments
mon-u-ments
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- monuments is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
monuments synonyms
Meaning a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event:
Meaning a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger:
Meaning a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument:
Meaning an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument:
Meaning a tapering stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section, set up as a monument or landmark:
Meaning a mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×):
Meaning a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline:
Meaning a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones, found chiefly in Britain and France:
Meaning (in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones; a dolmen:
Meaning a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument:
Meaning a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument (e.g. a standing stone) or part of one (e.g. a stone circle):
Meaning a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights:
Meaning a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war:
Meaning a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead:
Meaning a stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs:
Meaning a niche or enclosure containing a religious statue or other object:
Meaning a container for holy relics:
Meaning (chiefly in Tibet) a Buddhist shrine, typically a saint's tomb or a monument to the Buddha:
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