Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - memorial

(memorials) 1. A memorial is a structure built in order to remind people of a famous person or event. Every village had its war memorial. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. A memorial event, object, or prize is in honour of someone who has died, so that they will be remembered. A memorial service is being held for her at St Paul’s Church. ADJ: ADJ n 3. If you say that something will be a memorial to someone who has died, you mean that it will continue to exist and remind people of them. The museum will serve as a memorial to the millions who passed through Ellis Island... N-COUNT: usu sing, N to n