[
US
/ˈhɛdˌstoʊn/
]
[ UK /hˈɛdstəʊn/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛdstəʊn/ ]
NOUN
- a stone that is used to mark a grave
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
How To Use headstone In A Sentence
- When you walk among the headstones and read the names, you can see into the future.
- Dark red marble headstone placed on one side of the helmet and bronze casting Battle Flag, a symbol of military honor and eternal life.
- Both are buried at Orton churchyard in a grave without a headstone.
- A tombstone standing over a grave for over 100 years was desecrated and pieces of the headstone were scattered over the area.
- When you drove past it on the expressway, it went on for mile after mile of flat green earth and headstones in long rows. LOST BOY LOST GIRL
- The names on the eroded headstones were all but illegible, so in the waning light the artist made rubbings of the markers.
- The grave was marked by a simple headstone.
- This means that the family can not afford a headstone for Phoebe's grave at Pleasington cemetery.
- Even today it's still a shock to see the insignia on the headstones in this context - sixty years of war films have preserved its sense of menace.
- Although most of the headstones are severely weathered and illegible, cemetery staff will record all legible marks and inscriptions before removing the stones.