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landmark
('l/&/nd,m/A/rk )

noun (n)

  • the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape(noun.location)
    Example:
    The church steeple provided a convenient landmark.
    source: wordnet30
  • an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend(noun.event)
    source: wordnet30
  • a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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