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LINCOLN MEMORIAL
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I. (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)