as in tombstone
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Recent Examples of headstone
The money will cover Staton’s funeral and buy him a headstone — something the family hasn’t been able to afford.
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Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
In a cemetery in the hamlet of Gress, the closest burial place to where Trump's mother grew up, more than half of the headstones bear the MacLeod family name.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
The sacred land here is peppered with row after row of alabaster white headstones.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Emphasizing creativity, Maria Lee said kids chose a variety of ways to serve from lemonade stands contributing to Texas flood victims, flower deliveries to elderly shut-ins, park cleanups and adding flags to headstones at veterans cemeteries.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
In a cemetery in the hamlet of Gress, the closest burial place to where Trump's mother grew up, more than half of the headstones bear the MacLeod family name.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
The sacred land here is peppered with row after row of alabaster white headstones.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Emphasizing creativity, Maria Lee said kids chose a variety of ways to serve from lemonade stands contributing to Texas flood victims, flower deliveries to elderly shut-ins, park cleanups and adding flags to headstones at veterans cemeteries.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headstone
Noun
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What’s more Halloween-y than a cookie recipe on a tombstone?—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The next scene features teenagers stealing the tombstone from Ed's grave, before the episode concludes on a quiet note.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The relief was most likely an adornment on the outside of a royal monument.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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That monument, erected in 1892, finally found a new home earlier this year in the Lost in New Haven Museum, NBC Connecticut reported.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headstone. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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