monument

• Noun

  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
  2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  3. A sign of exceptional achievement.
  4. An important burial vault or tomb.
  5. Any grave marker.
  6. A legal document.
  7. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  8. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
  9. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
  10. A surviving record.

• Verb