memorial
n. countablen. a structure or object built to help people remember a person or a sad event from the past. It is often made of stone and placed in a public area.
n. a physical structure, monument, or object established to preserve the memory of a person, group, or historical event. Often serves a commemorative function in public spaces.
The city built a stone memorial for the soldiers.
The local community gathered at the war memorial to lay wreaths and observe a moment of silence.
Architects designed the memorial to be an immersive space where visitors could reflect on the historical tragedy through both silence and symbolic sculpture.
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
Often used with the preposition 'to' when indicating the subject being remembered.
a memorial of the accidenta memorial to the accidentWhen referring to the person or event being honored, 'to' is the standard preposition used with this noun.