washington monument

English Thesaurus

1. a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall (noun.artifact)

instance hypernym	:	memorial, monument,
definition	:	a structure erected to commemorate persons or events (noun.artifact)

instance hypernym	:	obelisk,
definition	:	a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	american capital, capital of the united states, washington, washington d.c.,
definition	:	the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 (noun.location)