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Gravestone

//ˈɡɹeɪvstoʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

    "The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]"

  2. 2
    a stone that is used to mark a grave wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English graveston, gravestone, gravestan, equivalent to grave + stone.

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