Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stone placed over a grave as a marker; a tombstone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it (commonly at its head), in memory of the dead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stone slab set at the head of agrave .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
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Examples
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In the north especially the grave is very often surmounted by a huge marble tortoise bearing the inscribed tablet, or what we call the gravestone, on its back.
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[1] The gravestone is briefly described in Letter 413.
Letter 153 2009
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While digitization of a gravestone is certainly “lossy,” in that the stones are three dimensional, have color, and are different in differing conditions of light, their depiction here is clearly a form of preservation, at least of information, as originals are lost.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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As if, you know, “who you are” is carved in gravestone and is absolutely immutable.
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While digitization of a gravestone is certainly “lossy,” in that the stones are three dimensional, have color, and are different in differing conditions of light, their depiction here is clearly a form of preservation, at least of information, as originals are lost.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Farber Gravestone Collection 2006
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His gravestone is located in front of a quintet of ghostly musicians who eternally perform in the attraction's memorable graveyard scene.
Boing Boing: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives 2004
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Traditionally, the gravestone is erected about a week after burial.
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Traditionally, the gravestone is erected about a week after burial.
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Traditionally, the gravestone is erected about a week after burial.
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On his gravestone are the Latin words, "Aude sapere," which translates as "dare to taste, to experience."
Dana Ullman: Exploring the Research on Homeopathic Treatment for Fibromyalgia Dana Ullman 2010
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