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Synonyms for landmarks

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

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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