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Definition
something very importantor:
something easily recognized (such as a monument, building, or geographic feature) — especially one that helps one to know where she is; or that is a tourist destination
- It was a landmark Supreme Court decision.
landmark = very important
- the church steeple provided a convenient landmark
- a landmark day in the history of this great institution
- As Antonia said, the whole world was changed by the snow; we kept looking in vain for familiar landmarks.Willa Cather -- My Antonia
- The dish, one of the most distinctive landmarks on the Fairbanks skyline, had been erected to collect data from satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar of Walt McCandless's design.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- But the stately head of this old pine towered above them all and made a landmark for sea and shore miles and miles away.Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron
- The first landmark was that day in the woods with the dog.Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
- so that if they had once left behind the pool that led to our own world without making some sort of landmark, the chances would have been a hundred to one against their ever finding it again.C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew
- In Roman mythology, Terminus was the god who presided over boundaries or landmarks.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- This was my first time in the Quarter, so I didn't know any landmarks, nor would I have noticed any.Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
- At the end it was cut short off by a wooden gate, beyond which was a pasture and then a deep ditch which was a town landmark.William Faulkner -- Light in August
- Then models, to scale, of various notable buildings, ships and landmarks.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- Jenks saw a landmark he recognized.James Patterson -- 1st to Die
- The wrought-iron fence held a plaque declaring that this was a San Francisco landmark, erected as an orphanage after the Great Earthquake.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- Swiftly he descended, almost always sure of his memory of the landmarks.Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
- This was a new place with no signs or landmarks.Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
- About noon Mudge perceived by certain landmarks that he was crossing the Platte River.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- But now those landmarks in their courtship have faded, have given way to the occasion they are now celebrating.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- I could remember hardly any exact details from that night, in the way of landmarks, and of course there were precious few there to begin with.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- Without landmarks, I'm geographically dyslexic.Chris Crutcher -- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
landmarks = something easily recognized
landmark = something easily recognized (such as a geographic feature) — especially one that helps one to know where she is
landmark = something very important
landmark = something easily recognized