landmark
Nouns
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(n) the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
- the church steeple provided a convenient landmark
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(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
- (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