gravestone

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 we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones

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Recent Examples of gravestone Images of the actual gravestones were added in previous years. Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025 In fact, the search giant has a history of killing so many of its services that there’s a website dedicated to tracking all the gravestones. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 June 2025 Reflecting the deep gratitude of the family for the ceremony and gravestone paid for through Mathews’ fundraising, Ashley Tyson presented a donation to Watson’s First Tee of Greater Kansas City. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025 Along with adorning Morrison’s tomb with graffiti, fans have also taken to scrawling directions to the tomb on the gravestones of other people buried at Père-Lachaise. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gravestone
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Noun
  • The tombstone of his uncle, Pleas Monroe Rector, is also at the cemetery, Ernest Rector said.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • On Jane Austen’s tombstone in Winchester Cathedral in England, no mention is made of her achievements as a novelist.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
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  • Even so, last year, the city of Hartford picked up the tab for $150,000 in maintenance that covered cutting down dead trees that posed a safety hazard; hauling away illegally dumped items and removing of overgrowth and mowing around hundreds of headstones and monuments.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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