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tombstone

American  
[toom-stohn] / ˈtumˌstoʊn /

noun

  1. a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.

Tombstone 1 British  
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /

noun

  1. a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)

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tombstone 2 British  
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /

noun

  1. another word for gravestone

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Etymology

Origin of tombstone

First recorded in 1555–65; tomb + stone

Example Sentences

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Nearby, a well-maintained veterans cemetery can be seen, its tombstones decorated with wreaths and flowers.

From Barron's

Leah could see the tops of tombstones from her kitchen pantry.

From Literature

As I jumped up, I glimpsed the somber tombstones all around me.

From Literature

“When I die,” Rob Reiner once joked to an interviewer, “I want my tombstone to read, ‘Now I’m in this place!’”

From Los Angeles Times

She balked at the idea of a traditional burial, calling caskets and tombstones “a racket.”

From Salon

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