Definition of gravestone
: a burial monument
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Examples of gravestone in a Sentence
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
Recent Examples of gravestone from the Web
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The cemetery is home to 8,301 American soldiers who were killed during World War II, each with a gravestone adopted by the Dutch and commemorated every year for Memorial Day.
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One of those flags marked World War II Army veteran Richard Dietmeyer’s gravestone.
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Archie and Veronica watch as Betty tells Jughead's gravestone that their story isn't over yet.
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And the Fun Slide, the Fun House, and the the gravestones of many people who laughed or squealed or met their spouse at this carnival.
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Flowers are only allowed on the gravestones and fountains.
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Ingrid McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of Open Table Nashville, walks through a graveyard where Nashville's homeless people are buried, some of the small gravestones obscured by flowers.
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Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the person or people who toppled gravestones — some more than 100 years old— in a town cemetery in Manchester.
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The side-by-side gravestones belonged to two Irish parishioners with a lifelong rivalry of one-upmanship that continued even after death.
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First Known Use of gravestone
14th century
GRAVESTONE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of gravestone for English Language Learners
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: a stone that marks the place where a dead person is buried and that usually has the person's name and birth and death dates on it
GRAVESTONE Defined for Kids
Definition of gravestone for Students
: a monument on a grave
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