different between landmark vs symbolic

English

Alternative forms

• land-mark, land mark

Etymology

From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land +? mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”) and Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lændm??k/

Noun

landmark (plural landmarks)

1. (historical) An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).

   Synonym: merestone

2. A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.

   Synonyms: marker, mark
3. A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.

   Synonyms: monument, sight

4. (figuratively, also attributive) A major event or discovery.

   Synonym: milestone

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Verb

landmark (third-person singular simple present landmarks, present participle landmarking, simple past and past participle landmarked)

1. (US) To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.

Further reading

• landmark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Markland, markland

English

Etymology

From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sym?bo?lic
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Adjective

symbolic (comparative more symbolic, superlative most symbolic)

1. Pertaining to a symbol.
2. Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.

   a symbolic gesture

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