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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : land-mahrk |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlændˌmɑrk |
Definition of landmarks
Origin :- Old English landmearc, from land (n.) + mearc (see mark (n.1)). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc.;" general sense of "conspicuous object in a landscape" is from 1560s. Modern figurative sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859.
- noun historical or notable sight
- noun turning point
- The imagination has to do much work here, for most of the landmarks are gone.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- It reads as if it were one of the landmarks of the latter half of the century.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- There are but three hills in these parts, and these are the only landmarks for miles and miles.
- Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
- Terminus was the god who presided over all boundaries and landmarks.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome » by E.M. Berens
- We have experience, we have beacons, we have landmarks enough.
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- Such a book as this is surely one of the landmarks of English literature.
- Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 » by William Painter
- He wondered how Skipper Zeb could know the direction with no landmarks to guide him.
- Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
- The mountains and hills have landmarks; the plains have maybe none.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- John Hoffman, Esq., is another of the landmarks of the town.
- Extract from : « The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections » by Robert Arnold
- If you own a mine, where are your stakes or other landmarks?
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
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