landmark
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)landmarks
- the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape“the church steeple provided a convenient landmark”Type of position, place
- 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”Synonyms: turning pointwatershedType of juncture, occasionKinds Fall of Man, road to Damascus
- a mark showing the boundary of a piece of landType of reference point, point of referenceKinds merestone, meerestone
- 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 takenType of structure, anatomical structureKinds craniometric point
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark a sign.
1. 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.
2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
3. A structure that has special significance, such as a building with historical associations; especially, a building that is protected from destruction or alteration by special laws intended to preserve structures of historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as, Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark court decision.
Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors