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
Brad Maestas visits the gravestone of his father Sgt.
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Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
For a Halloween party, use Pepperidge Farms' Milano cookies, and make gravestones for the top.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
What made the story even more haunting was the realization that the gravestone wasn’t even Jody’s.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 18 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
For a Halloween party, use Pepperidge Farms' Milano cookies, and make gravestones for the top.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
What made the story even more haunting was the realization that the gravestone wasn’t even Jody’s.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 18 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
Noun
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His tombstone was flat and modest; people had left bouquets and stones.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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In that sense, the tombstone lettering in Times Roman, a workmanlike font that is widely used in the English language, could be considered appropriate.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Noun
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Iran's leaders, past and present, wave from a monument adorned with the emblem from its flag.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Among its landmarks today are the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom with its silver domes, the Novgorod Museum and the Millennium of Russia monument.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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