cenotaph 
ceno·taph (sen′ə taf′)
noun
a monument or empty tomb honoring a person or persons whose remains are elsewhere
Etymology: Fr cénotaphe < L cenotaphium < Gr kenotaphion < kenos, empty + taphos, tomb
Converse of object
- pass: Once the ceremony was finished the thousands of people who had lined the streets began to queue to pass the Cenotaph.
- build: The names of wars in this century were read out following a minute's silence around a specially built alternative cenotaph.
- see: I looked back to see the cenotaph once more, and by now the stone man was fully visible on the slab.
- call: In London there is a large memorial called the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and each Remembrance Sunday a big ceremony is held there.
Adjective modifier
- temporary: This ' floral ' temporary cenotaph was erected in Bowling Park, Bradford, shortly after the war.
- permanent: In the three days that followed the unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph, 400,000 people visited it.
Noun used with modifier
- marble: Day 3 This morning you will be taken to Jodhpur where you will visit the Mehrangarh Fort and the marble cenotaph at Jaswant Thada.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die, For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
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