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me·mo·ri·al
 memorial
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
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noun |
| definition: |
a ceremony, custom, building, or statue to honor a dead person or past event.
The town held a memorial for the soldiers who died in the Vietnam war.
- synonyms:
- monument
- similar words:
- funeral, shrine, tombstone, tribute
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| related words: |
tablet, wake |
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| derivation: |
memorially (adv.) |
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