'Cenotaph' definitions:
Definition of 'cenotaph'
From: WordNet
noun
A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered [syn: cenotaph, empty tomb]
Definition of 'Cenotaph'
From: GCIDE
- Cenotaph \Cen"o*taph\ (s[-e]n"[-o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c['e]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cenotaph'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- barrow,
- beehive tomb,
- bone house,
- boundary stone,
- box grave,
- brass,
- burial,
- burial chamber,
- burial mound,
- bust,
- cairn,
- catacombs,
- charnel house,
- cist,
- cist grave,
- column,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- crypt,
- cup,
- cyclolith,
- deep six,
- dokhma,
- dolmen,
- footstone,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- headstone,
- hoarstone,
- house of death,
- inscription,
- last home,
- long home,
- low green tent,
- low house,
- marker,
- mastaba,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- menhir,
- monolith,
- monstrance,
- monument,
- mound,
- mummy chamber,
- narrow house,
- necrology,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- ossuarium,
- ossuary,
- passage grave,
- pillar,
- pit,
- plaque,
- prize,
- pyramid,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- resting place,
- ribbon,
- rostral column,
- sepulcher,
- shaft,
- shaft grave,
- shrine,
- stela,
- stone,
- stupa,
- tablet,
- testimonial,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tope,
- tower of silence,
- trophy,
- tumulus,
- vault