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gravestone

noun

ˈgrāv-ˌstōn

Definition of 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 His name was carved on the same gravestone as Leslie’s, on a shady plot near the sea, but his ashes were scattered somewhere far from her bones. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026 The search was hampered by the fact that Horan’s gravestone, like many at Blake Street, had eroded to the point that it could no longer be identified. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 One shows the Oscar standing beside her dark granite gravestone. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 An online fundraiser for Moore’s memorial describes him only as a 30-year-old man and includes pictures of his posing with animals and near his mother’s gravestone. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gravestone

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King said when individuals were buried on top of one another, the cemetery’s management removed the tombstones and resold the plots.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
President Ford once told me, your tombstone should read, here lies the worst source in Washington.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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