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landmark definition

land·mark (-märk′)

noun

  1. any fixed object used to mark the boundary of a piece of land
  2. any prominent feature of the landscape, as a tree or building, serving to identify a particular locality
  3. 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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