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Synonyms for landmark

Grammar : Noun
Spell : land-mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlændˌmɑrk

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Définition of landmark

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
Example sentences :
  • In the morning some peak in the blue distance would be noted as a landmark.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • And eagerly he recognized, and loved, every landmark on the road.
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
  • "Yander's Jemmy-Danny-Billy's," they would say, and steer home by that landmark.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • Tom was at the masthead, endeavouring to pick up some landmark.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The church is cruciform, and its spire the landmark for the surrounding country.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • They were determined to find that landmark and strike out for it.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • They destroyed the aliso and there was no other landmark to steer by.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Why, if it had a landmark like that there should be no trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • At dusk the fog was so thick that every landmark had been blotted from sight.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

Antonyms for landmark

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