gravestone

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In the north especially the grave is very often surmounted by a huge marble tortoise bearing the inscribed tablet, or what we call the gravestone, on its back.

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  1. noun A stone placed over a grave as a marker; a tombstone.

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  • And then he rested his forehead on the hand that held the gravestone, and he wept with deeply painful, racking sobs. —  Mary Balogh - Heartless
  • The neighbours suggested "For this relief much thanks" as an appropriate inscription for his gravestone, but the one Harriet had erected merely said "Sacred to the memory of" and left room for two more names. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • Carved into the granite gravestone was the figure of Saint Casimir Sister Carla remembered. —  AHMM,June2007
  • Last week his gravestone was stolen from Croydon Cemetery and left outside Mitcham police station. —  Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  • Would like to know where that gravestone is as well! —  Hot Air » Top Picks
 

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  1. from Middle English gravestone (= Dutch grafsteen = German grabstein = Swedish grafsten = Danish gravsten); from grave + stone.
 

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/ˈgreɪvstoʊn/
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