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cenotaph
UK /ˈsɛn.əˌtɑːf/ US /ˈsɛn.əˌtæf/
noun 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
central, near
VERB + CENOTAPH
scenes
CENOTAPH + NOUN
london, monument
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb.
[…] tombs and cenotaphs were strewed thick around adorned by every renewing vegetation; […]
name
1
A war memorial in Whitehall, London, England.
Top Gear bosses have defended the show after it was criticised for filming scenes near the Cenotaph in central London.
Never has the Cenotaph, in its 103 years of standing sentry on Whitehall, been “defended” on Armistice Day by a Port Vale fan supping a can of Stella Artois.
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A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb.
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[…] tombs and cenotaphs were strewed thick around adorned by every renewing vegetation; […]
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I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pav
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Top Gear bosses have defended the show after it was criticised for filming scenes near the Cenotaph in central London.
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Never has the Cenotaph, in its 103 years of standing sentry on Whitehall, been “defended” on Armistice Day by a Port Vale fan supping a can of Stella Artois.
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A cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere.
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