landmark

Nouns

  • (n) the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
    • the church steeple provided a convenient landmark
  • (n) an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
    • the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations
    turning point, watershed,
  • (n) a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
  • (n) an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken

Synonyms

turning point watershed

Words of close approximity

landman
landmass