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Word: Cenotaph
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from French cénotaphe, from late Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenos ‘empty’ + taphos ‘tomb’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsɛnətɑːf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war.
Short Definition:monument to someone buried elsewhere
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