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gravestone

[greyv-stohn] / ˈgreɪvˌstoʊn /


NOUN
tombstone
Synonyms


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Artillery had knocked over gravestones and left deep craters in some plots.

From New York Times

Visitors toted bouquets of flowers, jugs of water for plants, and brooms to clean gravestones.

From Seattle Times

They say the name Tombstone may come from the cemetery down the road, where gravestones dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s stand listing on uneven ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of them had gravestones, hard and heavy.

From New York Times

“I’m fond of saying the Augusta fight will be on my gravestone.”

From Seattle Times