Word Finder - landmark

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An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).

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• merestone

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A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.

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• mark
• marker

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A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.

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• monument
• sight

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A major event or discovery.

example

a landmark paper in neurosurgery

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• milestone

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To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.

She searched around for a landmark that could be seen over the trees, but nothing was tall enough.

Ward Hill (742 ft.) is the sailors' landmark for Lerwick harbour.

The western tower, commonly known as Boston Stump, forms a landmark for 40 m.

All the roads were hidden, not a single landmark was visible, only a waste of snow with trees rising out of it.

The detached pillar or stack called the Old Man of Hoy (450 ft.) is a well-known landmark to sailors.

The Analogy, on the contrary, did not directly refer to the deists at all, and yet it worked more havoc with their position than all the other books put together, and remains practically the one surviving landmark of the whole dispute.

One of the fault scarps is known as the Hurricane Ledge, and continues as a prominent landmark from a point south of the Grand Canyon in Arizona to the central part of Utah, where it is replaced by other scarps farther east.

If the name means "fivebeacons," only three of these are high, with a carnedd (stone-pile, probably a military or other landmark, rather than the legendary barrow or tomb) on each of the three.

Almost equally conspicuous, and a landmark through the whole region, is the ruin called Akerkuf, in the desert, about 9 m.

Certainly the publication E of his Einleitung (Introduction to the Old Testament), in 1780-1783, is a landmark in the history of Old Testament criticism.

Southeast along the coast from Waikiki is the area's most famous landmark, the extinct volcanic cone of Diamond Head.

The town-hall, a large florid building of Classic order, stands on an eminence, and its clock tower forms a landmark; it contains the spacious Centennial Hall (commemorating the first Australian colonization here in 1787), and has one of the finest organs in the world.

There are six Roman Catholic and two Protestant churches, the most important of which is the Munster (minster), an imposing edifice of grey stone, in the Romanesque and Transition styles, surmounted by five towers, of which the central, rising to a height of 315 ft., is a landmark in the Rhine valley.

It was a conspicuous landmark from the sea.

Of course, the golden cupola of the Dome of the Rock is the most famous landmark in the city.

His landmark book on improvisation proved that musical experimentalism could engage a wide audience across many fields with issues of vital importance to humanity.

Her remains were discovered on the first floor of the four-storey landmark building which had caught fire and become Whitehavenâs own towering inferno.

The tall brick and cast-iron tower, with its iron cupola and clock is a prominent landmark within the town center.

Described by the Scientific Editors as " A landmark in applied ergonomics and designing for the elderly.

The richly decorated multi-coloured brick facade is a well known landmark in Glasgow, topped by a statue of Thenew.

To celebrate this landmark, Fox have released their Studio Classics onto DVD.

At the summit of the hill lies the city's best known landmark, the medieval cathedral of San Ciriaco.

Her beautiful, skilled photographs represent a landmark in the extraordinary career of the 20th century's most unforgettable artistic pioneer.

It is whiter than any of the other structures making it the most easily recognized landmark.

Near the house is a famous city landmark, a plane tree, which is thought to be over 200 years old.

The iconic landmark chosen was the new library at Alexandria, replacing one of the lost wonders of the ancient world.

The bridge stood next to the Union Inn which was another prominent landmark.

Smeaton's Tower is perhaps Plymouth's most recognizable landmark.

A well-known local landmark, positioned on the edge of the town.

McDonald's scored a landmark victory when a US judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that blamed the fast food chain for causing obesity.

It seemed low-key - but it will prove a landmark election.

St Michael's Mount The rocky outcrop, crowned with a large castellated mansion, is an unmistakable landmark of the Cornish coastline.

Midas touch clinched the landmark victory single-handed.

Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gage railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering landmark.

The book forms a very distinctive landmark in the religious history by reason of its attitude to cult and ritual (see Hebrew Religion, § 7).

In 1963, the house was declared a National Historic Landmark, thanks to the efforts of The Friends of Hartford.

If you've ever seen or visited this landmark, you know that Jefferson, the third President of the United States, was quite an accomplished architect.

The floating landmark is where the Civil War began.

In the US, the RIAA filed hundreds of lawsuits against users of file sharing network, and in 2009 landmark legal decision, a judge ordered a Minnesota woman to pay a fee of several hundred thousand dollars for downloading music.

Nightmare Before Christmas MP3 downloads are a great way for old fans and new to check out this landmark soundtrack.

This song, written for the movie by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, is indisputably the biggest hit from the movie and one of the landmark songs of the decade.

The second "Dark Trilogy" release, Faith is considered to be a landmark album in the gothic music movement.

Where would these landmark tracks land on your list of the best country love songs?

Crazy is one of Cline's landmark songs, but she didn't write it and didn't even want to record it.

I speak, of course, of his landmark novel, The Stand, which many consider his finest work.

It completely dominates the city's background, and is a well-known sailors' landmark.

Nabu-kudurri-usur, "Nebo, defend the landmark."

Damian glanced around Ballynoe once more, satisfied they'd resolved this mess without blowing up an international landmark.

The Lifeboat College is a unique and stunning landmark building of the highest quality.

The city's most famous landmark is the White Tower, all that remains of the walls that once surrounded the city.