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landmark
[land-mahrk]
noun
a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location.
The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
something used to mark the boundary of land.
a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status landmark designation, ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.
a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc..
The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.
verb (used with object)
to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark.
a movement to landmark New York's older theaters.
landmark
/ ˈlændˌmɑːk /
noun
a prominent or well-known object in or feature of a particular landscape
an important or unique decision, event, fact, discovery, etc
a boundary marker or signpost
Other Word Forms
- unlandmarked adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
When a cherished loved one dies, relatives often decide to scatter their ashes at a significant landmark - a mountain, a cliff top, a riverbank.
The Sixth Street Bridge, once a glowing L.A. landmark, has gone dark after copper wire theft.
Earlier this year, the Japanese government passed a landmark law giving it more powers in the event of cyber-attacks.
But now, with World Cup dreams still on the line, the fuel of Julian Nagelsmann's September comments about NI's playing style and the century landmark for O'Neill, it feels even bigger still.
Mayor Karen Bass as she presented a proclamation declaring the club a historical landmark.
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