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
Advertisement The bodies are buried with their heads to the west in three north-south rows, but nearly all of their gravestones have sunk below the surface.
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Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Services at the gravestones of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson are among many that take place before 9am.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing and digging with shovels.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Services at the gravestones of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson are among many that take place before 9am.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing and digging with shovels.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
Noun
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The tombstone has ten lines of inscriptions and identified the man laid to rest inside the tomb, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some of the surviving houses remained empty for seasons on end in the ’80s, their marquees serving as tombstones for the bombs that had fleetingly awakened them from their slumber.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Officials are now working to preserve the historic domes of the monument — built between 532 and 537 AD — from the threat of earthquakes.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The following day, an image of a faux Mount Rushmore featuring Eminem, Paul Wall, Russ, and the late Mac Miller (the original rappers proposed to be on the fictional monument) surfaced on social media.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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