[ UK /ɡɹˈe‍ɪvstə‍ʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪvˌstoʊn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a stone that is used to mark a grave
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How To Use gravestone In A Sentence

  • An epitaph is on a gravestone, and while I am sure they would be happy to oblige, that wasn’t what they were actually throwing, I don’t think …. Think Progress » GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs As A Response To ‘Totalitarian Tactics’
  • They're monuments to dead climbers - not gravestones per se but carefully constructed shrines.
  • He installed a granite gravestone engraved on one side with solemn portraits, and on the other with a tender group picture. Times, Sunday Times
  • He installed a granite gravestone engraved on one side with solemn portraits, and on the other with a tender group picture. Times, Sunday Times
  • It bears strong resemblance to a gravestone. Times, Sunday Times
  • The gravestone will be engraved with the name Gwen.
  • I have gravestones for my two budgies in my front garden.
  • Christianity in the social relations of master and slave is plain from the exceedingly small number of inscriptions containing the words servus (slave), or libertus (freedman), words which are constantly seen on pagan gravestones; the often recurring expression alumnus (foster-child) characterizes the new relation between the owner and the owned. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • In Florida he swam with dolphins, symbolised by two stone dolphins carved at the top of his gravestone.
  • Being based on medieval gravestones and Irish history it is a fairly accurate description of the history of this small corner of Ireland.
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