Headstone

//ˈhɛdstoʊn// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.

    "He called the contractor and ordered a replacement headstone with a new inscription."

  2. 2
    a stone that is used to mark a grave wordnet
  3. 3
    The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.
  4. 4
    the central building block at the top of an arch or vault wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
gravestonekeystonearchbarrowboundary stonebrass

Example

More examples

"The epitaph engraved on the headstone was a meaningful, succinct poem."

Etymology

From head + stone.

Related phrases

through stone

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