Definitions for "MONUMENT"
A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated. The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument,but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
A permanently placed survey marker such as a stone shaft sunk into the ground.
Natural or artificial physical object intended as a landmark; normally at a property corner.
a great place to check out while in the area and a trip to Big Rock Creek Camp wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Icy Springs
an interesting place to visit while at Grassy Hollow Campground
an interesting place to visit while at Mescal Campground
Monument is a science fiction novel written by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. and published in 1974. The subject (destructive tourism) is serious, but as usual with Biggle, the treatment is in a lighter vein, and at times frankly humorous.
an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
a park area set aside primarily because of its possession of scenic, or historic, or prehistoric, or scientific qualities, or any combination of these, and is characterized by the maximum degree of preservation and protection of those qualities
in music] - a scholarly edition of the music of one region or country or genre often of a specified time period. The music is generally of some historical significance.
a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
any design, scheduling or production technology with scale requirements necessitating that designs, orders and products be brought to the machine to wait in queue for processing. The opposite of a right-sized machine.
A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
a building of larger size that you actually build, not just place on the map with a mouse click
a city block containing a statue or similar piece of public art, without a building in it
a symbol of one's life