memorial plaque

collocation in English

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memorial
noun[C]
uk
/məˈmɔː.ri.əl/us
/məˈmɔːr.i.əl/
an object, often large and made of stone, that has been built to honour a famous person ...
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plaque
noun
uk
/plɑːk/us
/plæk/
a flat piece of metal, stone, wood, or plastic with writing on it that is attached to a wall, door, or ...
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(Definition ofmemorialandplaquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would take the form either of a marker for a grave, an entry in the book of remembrance, or a permanentmemorialplaque.
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The group restored the brick chimney and added amemorialplaque.
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The original marker remains undisturbed except for the addition of amemorialplaque.
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On the north side of the porch is a small rectangular window, over which is amemorialplaque.
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All that remains of the old hospital are the perimeter wall and the main gates which have amemorialplaqueattached to them.
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There is a brassmemorialplaquerecording three people who died in the 1640s.
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A warmemorialplaquetells visitors of the historical and violent past of this place.
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Amemorialplaquehas been raised in the meadow where the barracks were located.
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Amemorialplaquewas placed on the site in remembrance in 1848.
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Thememorialplaquewas a victim of the changes that occurred in the early 1990s.
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The spot is now marked by amemorialplaque.
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The title is given in the singular on thememorialplaque, though, so we might have a scribal error on the sarcophagus.
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It still stands there with amemorialplaque.
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In 2006, amemorialplaquewas inaugurated at the site of the crash.
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Amemorialplaqueat the foot of the bridge reminds one of his efforts.
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As a part of that celebration, amemorialplaquewas unveiled.
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Amemorialplaqueis allocated on the outside wall.
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The significance and meaning of the location is conveyed to visitors via amemorialplaquethat lies at the foot of the stairs.
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Amemorialplaqueis exhibited near the main entrance.
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