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LINCOLN MEMORIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lincoln Memorial mean? 

LINCOLN MEMORIAL (noun)
  The noun LINCOLN MEMORIAL has 1 sense:

1. memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincolnplay

  Familiarity information: LINCOLN MEMORIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINCOLN MEMORIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)

Holonyms ("Lincoln Memorial" is a part of...):

American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)


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