Meaning of MONUMENTAL
| Pronunciation: | | `mânyu'mentl
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- [adj] imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"
- [adj] of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"
- [adj] relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental sculptures"
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| | Definition: | | \Mon`u*men"tal\, a. [L. monumentalis: cf. F.
monumental.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a
monumental inscription.
2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. ``Of
pine, or monumental oak.'' --Milton.
A work outlasting monumental brass. --Pope.
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