landmark
land mork
- n the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
the church steeple provided a convenient landmark - n an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
- n a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
- n 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
- The July inflation report, released this morning, will likely go down as something of a landmark: the Consumer Price Index fell 2.
- After sweeping to power in Albany with a landmark victory he took office in January, 2007 by winning 69% of the vote he quickly engendered resentment for both his policies .
- The sun rose Wednesday over the absence of a national landmark, a smoldering ruin in lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center towers had stood.