Cenotaph
London's war memorial
A cenotaph is a monument honoring someone whose remains are elsewhere—a tomb without a body.
The word applies especially to war memorials commemorating soldiers buried in foreign lands or whose bodies were never recovered: The Cenotaph in London honors British war dead.
Unlike a grave marker, a cenotaph is purely symbolic.
Underground chamber for remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- shrineSacred devotional place
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
tribute · marker · headstone · inscription · wreath · dedication · honor · grave
Armed forces member
- fallenHaving dropped down
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
battlefield · regiment · unknown · poppy · November · parade · ceremony · Whitehall
tomb
Underground chamber for remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- shrineSacred devotional place
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
remembrance · tribute · marker · headstone · inscription · wreath · dedication · honor · grave · sepulcher
soldier
Armed forces member
sacrifice · battlefield · regiment · unknown · poppy · November · parade · ceremony · Whitehall · ANZAC
empty
Holding nothing inside
distant · lost · unrecovered · missing · overseas · sea · elsewhere · representation · surrogate · proxy
stone
Solid earth fragment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- columnVertical structural element
pedestal · sculpture · relief · carving · classical · neoclassical · symmetry · facade · steps · plaza
Cenotaphtomb
Underground chamber for remains
burial site · sepulcher · crypt · mausoleum · grave