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landmark

noun · /LAND-mark/

A landmark is a special place or object that is easy to recognize, like a famous building, statue, or mountain. It can also mean an important event or step in history.

In a sentence

  • "The tall clock tower was a landmark that helped Mia find her way back to the library."
  • "Building the first school garden was a landmark moment for our class."

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Dictionary definition · landmark

noun

  1. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape"the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
  2. an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend"the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
  3. a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
  4. an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken

Similar words

turning pointwatershed

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).