2. something used to mark the boundary of land.

3. a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status (landmark designation), ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.

4. a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc.: The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.

–verb (used with object) 5. to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark: a movement to landmark New York’s older theaters.

–noun

1. a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, esp. to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.

2. something used to mark the boundary of land.

3. a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status (landmark designation), ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.

4. a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc.: The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.

–verb (used with object)

5. to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark: a movement to landmark New York’s older theaters.

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[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE landmearc. See land, mark1]

—Synonyms 4. milestone, watershed, benchmark

When you reach Harvard University turn right and continue 5 blocks, turn left and the house is the one in front of the large and old oak tree.

Harvard University and the old oak tree are landmarks.

Definition of landmark

landmark

n 1: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a

particular landscape; “the church steeple provided a

convenient landmark”

2: an event marking a unique or important historical change of

course or one on which important developments depend; “the

agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations”

[syn: turning point, watershed]

3: a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land

4: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in

locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as

point from which measurements can be taken

As defined in: WordNet (r) 2.0

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Landmark \Land”mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark

a sign.]

1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any, mark or

fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a

heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or

other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;

some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or

conditions are determined.

As defined in: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Landmark \Land”mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark

a sign.]

1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or

fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a

heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or

other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

[1913 Webster]

2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;

some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

[1913 Webster]

3. A structure that has special significance, such as a

building with historical associations; especially, a

building that is protected from destruction or alteration

by special laws intended to preserve structures of

historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.

[PJC]

4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as,

Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil

rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark

court decision.

[PJC]

Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or

conditions are determined.

[1913 Webster]

As defined in: English Monolingual Dictionaries

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68 Moby Thesaurus words for “landmark”:

bench mark, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing,

climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical, critical point,

crucial, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, feature,

fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, guide, guidepost, heart,

high point, historic, identification, important, important thing,

issue, kernel, keystone, lighthouse, lightship, main point,

main thing, major, mark, marker, material point, meat, menhir,

milepost, milestone, momentous, monument, notable, noteworthy, nub,

pharos, pith, pivot, pivotal, platform, real issue, salient point,

seamark, significant, sine qua non, substance, substantive point,

the bottom line, the point, tower, turning point, watchtower,

watershed

As defined in: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Landmark

a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14;

27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be

removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.

As defined in: Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary