landmarks

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of landmark.

   The old maps marked several landmarks that no longer exist today.

   Hikers used distinctive rock landmarks to track their progress up the ridge.

   Note

   The plural gathers every meaning the noun has carried. It reaches from the old boundary stone or tree that fixed where one holding ended, now a historical sense, to the features navigators steer by and the sites a place is proud of. Figuratively, landmarks are turning points: the landmarks of a field are its major events or discoveries. Before another noun the singular is used instead, as in a landmark ruling.

2. 2
   verbUS

   Third-person singular simple present of landmark.

   The preservation board landmarks structures that hold historical value for the town.

   He landmarks each survey point before recording its coordinates.

   Note

   An American verb of official action: a commission or city landmarks a building when it formally designates it a landmark. It always takes a direct object, the site being designated. Because it is spelled exactly like the plural noun, let the sentence decide. "The board landmarks the theater" is the verb with a singular subject, while "the city's landmarks" is the noun.

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