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CENOTAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cenotaph mean?
• CENOTAPH (noun)
The noun CENOTAPH has 1 sense:
1. a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
Familiarity information: CENOTAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cenotaph; empty tomb
Hypernyms ("cenotaph" is a kind of...):
memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)
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