Landmark: alternatives and connections

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…

A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the…

Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen…

A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an anim…

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the e…

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to de…

To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to…

structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"

Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the…

A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from…