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nouna burial vault (usually for some famous person)
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nouna structure erected to commemorate persons or events
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nounan important site that is marked and preserved as public property
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- column a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- moore British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)
- pyramid a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
- pillar a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- nt an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription
- monumental relating or belonging to or serving as a monument
- stonehenge an ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes
- orozco Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)
- epitaph an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- pantheon a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes