memorial
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
Noun 4 meanings
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
A chronicle or memoir.
A service of remembrance or commemoration.
A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
Adjective 2 meanings
Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
“a memorial building”
Contained in the memory.
“a memorial possession”
Etymology
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
MEMORIAL at a glance
MEMORIAL has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + M 3 + O 1 + R 1 + I 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,501 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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