Hiroshima Peace Memorial Word Search
This Hiroshima Peace Memorial word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: HIROSHIMA, PEACE, MEMORIAL, GENBAKU, DOME, RUINS, STEEL, BRICK, CONCRETE, GLASS, IRON, MORTAR.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial word list, defined
- PEACE /piːs/ · noun, verb
- A state of quiet and tranquility, free from violence and conflict. To make or bring about a state of peace. Related: calm, tranquility, serenity, harmony.
- MEMORIAL /ˈmɛmərɪəl/ · noun
- A structure or monument erected to commemorate a person or event, or a feeling of sadness or regret for someone or something that has died or been lost. Related: monument, tomb, statue, commemoration.
- DOME /doʊm/ · noun
- A rounded roof or ceiling with a roughly hemispherical shape, especially one crowning a building or room; by extension, any object or structure shaped like such a vault. Related: vault, cupola, rotunda, arch.
- RUINS /ruːnz/ · noun, verb
- The remains of a building or structure that has been destroyed or has fallen into disrepair. To cause something to become ruined or destroyed. Related: remains, debris, wreckage, shambles.
- STEEL /ˈstiːl/ · noun
- A hard, silver-white, ductile, and malleable alloy of iron and carbon, widely used for making tools, machinery, and building materials. Related: iron, metal, alloy, steel alloy.
- BRICK /brɪk/ · noun
- A small rectangular block of baked clay (or, less commonly, of other material such as concrete or sand-lime) used in building; also used figuratively to mean a reliable, helpful person. Related: block, masonry unit, adobe, clinker.
- CONCRETE /ˈkɒŋkriːt/ · noun, adjective, verb
- A heavy, hard building material made from cement, sand, gravel, and water that hardens as it dries. As an adjective, it describes something definite, specific, or tangible rather than abstract. Related: cement, pavement, specific, actual.
- GLASS /ɡlɑːs/ · noun, verb
- A transparent and brittle material used for making windows, drinking vessels, and other objects. To see or perceive something clearly. Related: vitreous, transparent, crystal, pane.
- IRON /ˈaɪərn/ · noun, verb
- A chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a hard, silver-white, and ductile metal that is highly reactive. Related: metal, steel, copper, ironwork.
- MORTAR /mɔːrˈtər/ · noun
- A container for mixing and applying building materials, typically made of stone or brick, or a device used to crush or grind something, especially grains or minerals. In chemistry, a mixture of a solid and a liquid. Related: cement, concrete, grout, adhesive.
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