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All cairns synonyms

Cairns
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noun cairns

  • ceremony β€” A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
  • tombstone β€” a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.
  • statue β€” a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
  • remembrance β€” a retained mental impression; memory.
  • headstone β€” a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
  • plaque β€” a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
  • mausoleum β€” a stately and magnificent tomb.
  • stone β€” the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • masterpiece β€” a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
  • testament β€” Law. a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of one's personal property. will2 (def 8).
  • shrine β€” a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
  • tomb β€” an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
  • tribute β€” a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
  • gravestone β€” a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
  • marker β€” a person or thing that marks.
  • edifice β€” a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
  • memorial β€” something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
  • obelisk β€” a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
  • shaft β€” a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
  • relic β€” a surviving memorial of something past.
  • tablet β€” a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • inscription β€” something inscribed.
  • column β€” A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
  • pillar β€” an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
  • keepsake β€” anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.
  • souvenir β€” a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
  • record β€” to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
  • token β€” something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
  • monolith β€” an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
  • reminder β€” a person or thing that serves to remind.
  • slab β€” a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
  • trophy β€” anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
  • memento β€” an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
  • stele β€” an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
  • cairn β€” A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
  • ledger β€” Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
  • commemoration β€” the act or an instance of commemorating
  • pile β€” the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
  • tower β€” the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
  • witness β€” to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
  • cenotaph β€” A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
  • mastaba β€” an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof.
  • magnum opus β€” a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
  • footstone β€” a stone placed at the foot of a grave.
  • stelae β€” stele (defs 1–3).
  • stones β€” the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • tombs β€” an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
  • mementos β€” an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
  • piles β€” a hemorrhoid.
  • barrows β€” Plural form of barrow.
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