Definition of headstone
:a memorial stone at the head of a grave
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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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There are more than 14,000 headstones marking graves in Chalmette National Cemetery.
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The garden includes headstones that recognize each branch of military service.
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Hiking trails inside the park set off for Donaldson Cave, ring Spring Mill Lake and skirt a pioneer cemetery with headstones chiseled from local limestone.
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In mid-July, as Cena's condition worsened, fellow Marine Jacobie Baumann launched an online fundraiser hoping to help pay for a headstone and statue for Cena, and to seek a volunteer willing to give the dog a few final rides in an open-top jeep.
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A GoFundMe page to help raise donations toward a headstone for Cena has already met its goal.
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For the most part, said Ermenc, the veterans' gravestones were plain, usually adjacent to the family headstone.
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She is buried in Strangers Ground, and her headstone can be seen beside a tricolor beech tree along a row of tiger lilies.
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And the prime plot -- a grudge match between Trojan War heroes Hector and Achilles - is drawn out until sunlight dies behind the cemetery headstones.
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First Known Use of headstone
15th century
HEADSTONE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of headstone 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
HEADSTONE Defined for Kids
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Definition of headstone for Students
:a stone that marks a grave
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