[land-mahrk] 
| 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. |
| 5. | to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark: a movement to landmark New York's older theaters. |
