cenotaph

/'senətɑ:f/

Thân thiện

A cenotaph stands in the park to honor the soldiers who never returned.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered: A cenotaph is a structure, often resembling a tomb or a large memorial, erected to commemorate a person or group of people whose actual remains are buried in a different location or are lost.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The town square features a cenotaph dedicated to soldiers who died overseas.
  • The ancient cenotaph stood empty, a symbolic grave for the sailors lost at sea.

Advanced Usage

• "The Cenotaph" (Proper Noun): When capitalized, "the Cenotaph" specifically refers to the white stone war memorial in Whitehall, London, which commemorates the British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who died in the two World Wars and other conflicts.
  • Every year on Remembrance Sunday, a ceremony is held at the Cenotaph in London.

Variants and Related Words

• Memorial (n): A structure, such as a monument or statue, built to remind people of a person or event.
• Monument (n): A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.

Synonyms

• War memorial: A monument dedicated to soldiers who died in war.
• Empty tomb: A literal description of a cenotaph's form and symbolic function.

Related Phrases and Idioms

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms. Its usage is specific to the context of memorials and monuments.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered

Từ đồng nghĩa

• empty tomb