tombstone
noun
tomb·stone ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
: gravestone
Synonyms
- gravestone
- headstone
- monument
- stone
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Example Sentences
the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
Recent Examples on the Web Ants crawled across Diaz’s tombstone, a concrete slab overlaid by a metal stencil of a cross surrounded by roses. 
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Bačaq’s tombstone does not mention a cause of death, but other 1338–1339 tombstones do: mawtānā, or pestilence. Jen Pinkowski, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 Another legendary industry workaround was to go to the local graveyard and run a likely name: the dead frequently retained their credit rating, and the tombstone supplied a birth date. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Deep in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights, a longer-than-usual tombstone lies near a chain-link fence. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022 Each tombstone’s death date was within a few weeks of each other in the early 1900s. Megan Ranney, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022 The recipe for Ida Kleinman’s nut roll cookies, her most popular, can be found in Hebrew on her tombstone in Rehovot Cemetery in Rehovot, Israel. New York Times, 30 June 2022 In the picture, Lincoln sits on a bench at the cemetery while looking at his brother's tombstone. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022 Each square, a tombstone memorializing a once-promising partnership. Glamour, 31 May 2022 See More
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Bačaq’s tombstone does not mention a cause of death, but other 1338–1339 tombstones do: mawtānā, or pestilence. Jen Pinkowski, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 Another legendary industry workaround was to go to the local graveyard and run a likely name: the dead frequently retained their credit rating, and the tombstone supplied a birth date. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Deep in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights, a longer-than-usual tombstone lies near a chain-link fence. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022 Each tombstone’s death date was within a few weeks of each other in the early 1900s. Megan Ranney, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022 The recipe for Ida Kleinman’s nut roll cookies, her most popular, can be found in Hebrew on her tombstone in Rehovot Cemetery in Rehovot, Israel. New York Times, 30 June 2022 In the picture, Lincoln sits on a bench at the cemetery while looking at his brother's tombstone. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022 Each square, a tombstone memorializing a once-promising partnership. Glamour, 31 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1565, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
tombstone
noun
tomb·stone ˈtüm-ˌstōn
: gravestone
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
tombstones
noun
as in monuments
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life Synonyms & Similar Words
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- monuments
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- headstones
- stones
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- markers
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- crosses
- obelisks
- memorials
- tablets
- pillars
- monoliths
- tables
- shrines
- burials
- sepulchers
- sepulchres
- sepultures