Associations to the word «Monument»

Wiktionary

MONUMENT, noun. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
MONUMENT, noun. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
MONUMENT, noun. An exceptional or proud achievement.
MONUMENT, noun. An important burial vault or tomb.
MONUMENT, noun. A legal document.
MONUMENT, noun. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

Dictionary definition

MONUMENT, noun. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events.
MONUMENT, noun. An important site that is marked and preserved as public property.
MONUMENT, noun. A burial vault (usually for some famous person).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats