Noun: monument món-yu-munt
- A structure erected to commemorate persons or events
"They visited the Lincoln monument in Washington, D.C.";
- memorial
- An important site that is marked and preserved as public property
"The Statue of Liberty is a famous monument in New York Harbor"
- A burial vault (usually for some famous person)
"The monument housed the remains of the country's founding father";
- repository
- A lasting reminder of something; an exceptional achievement
"He helped to found a great magazine which will be a monument to his memory"
Derived forms: monuments
Type of: burial chamber, construction, land site, sepulcher [US], sepulchre [Brit, Cdn], sepulture [archaic], site, structure
Encyclopedia: Monument, Oregon