gravestone

noun

grave·​stone ˈgrāv-ˌstōn How to pronounce gravestone (audio)
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: a burial monument

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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Brewster-walker guides me up a back road to a grassy knoll dotted with gravestones polished smooth by the salt breeze. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Law enforcement are searching for a Viking statue stolen from a gravestone in a cemetery on the shores of Minnesota's Lake Mille Lacs. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 No gravestones, grave markers or other identifying materials had been recovered. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The character is a man of few words, which is understandable after an opening shot of him weeping over a large gravestone with two smaller ones beside it tells us how much he’s lost. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gravestone

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gravestone was in the 14th century

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gravestone

noun
grave·​stone ˈgrāv-ˌstōn How to pronounce gravestone (audio)
: a burial monument
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