memorial /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/noun 6adjective 3forms 3 noun6 •a stone, building or other object put in a public place so that people will not forget a person or an event •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. •A chronicle or memoir. •(no longer used) Memory; recollection. •(no longer used) A note or memorandum. adjective3 •Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. — 1725 •Contained in the memory. •(no longer used) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. — 1887 formsmemorials · more memorial · most memorial