memorial tablet
- noun
- /məˈmɔːriəl ˈtæblɪt/
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placa conmemorativa
- When I turned to walk in the other direction, I felt that my head was filled with pleasant memories about Spring Festivals: kneeling in front of my ancestors' memorial tablets before receiving a red packet from my grandmother as a Lunar New Year gift; whipping a top in the yard of my home with my cousins; and wandering by myself in the market street, where I had always heard a street musician playing the flute.
Examples
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The town erected a memorial tablet to honor the local heroes who fought in the war.
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His memorial tablet was carved with a plant of the genus Witheringia on one side and, separated by a terrifically bad poem, a foxglove on the other.
Academic text (2008) -
Visitors often pause to read the memorial tablet that marks the site of the historic battle.
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At the ceremony, they unveiled a beautiful memorial tablet in memory of the founder of the school.
Synonyms
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5.1
A flat tablet on a wall that honors a person or event
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1.8
A flat pad of paper used for writing or drawing
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Morphology
The meaning 'a flat plaque inscribed to commemorate' is directly derivable from combining 'memorial' (a monument to remember people or events) with 'tablet' (a flat object for inscription). This straightforward noun-noun composition follows common compounding patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
The noun memorial tablet comes from the words memorial (something that helps you 'remember') and tablet (a flat piece of stone or metal). People put these flat plates with names or dates on walls so others can 'remember' a person or event, so today the term means a flat plate fixed to 'honour' someone or something.