landmark

A landmark is a building or an object that helps you identify a location or the boundry of a piece of land. (noun)

An example of a landmark is the library that you turn after in your directions.

Landmark means an event that changed history. (noun)

An example of landmark is a legal case that is very important.

A landmark is location that has historical importance. (noun)

An example of a landmark is Gettysburg.

See landmark in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any fixed object used to mark the boundary of a piece of land
any prominent feature of the landscape, as a tree or building, serving to identify a particular locality
an event, discovery, etc. considered as a high point or turning point in the history or development of something

transitive verb

to designate (a building, site, etc.) as a landmark, esp. an official historic landmark

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See landmark in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(lăndˈmärkˌ)

noun

A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.
A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.

adjective

Having great import or significance: a landmark court ruling.

transitive verb land·marked, land·mark·ing, land·marks

To accord the status of a landmark to; declare to be a landmark.

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