They set up a tombstone over the grave overlooking the harbor.
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Tombstone
//ˈtuːmstəʊn//
Synonyms for "tombstone" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
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11 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 57 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- grafsteen noun (stone on grave)
Albanian
2 entries- gur varri noun (stone on grave)
- mëkresë noun (stone on grave)
Armenian
2 entries- գերեզմանաքար noun (stone on grave)
- տապանաքար noun (stone on grave)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- başdaşı noun (stone on grave)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡәбер ташы noun (stone on grave)
Basque
1 entries- hilarri noun (stone on grave)
Belarusian
2 entries- надмагі́лле noun (stone on grave)
- надмагі́льны ка́мень noun (stone on grave)
Bengali
1 entries- সমাধিপ্রস্তর noun (stone on grave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- надгро́бен па́метник noun (stone on grave)
Catalan
1 entries- làpida noun (stone on grave)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 墓石 noun (stone on grave)
- 墓碑 noun (stone on grave)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- miccātetl noun (stone on grave)
Cornish
1 entries- men bedh noun (stone on grave)
Czech
2 entries- náhrobek noun (stone on grave)
- náhrobní kámen noun (stone on grave)
Danish
1 entries- gravsten noun (stone on grave)
Dutch
3 entries- gedenkteken noun (stone on grave)
- grafsteen noun (stone on grave)
- zerk noun (stone on grave)
Esperanto
1 entries- tomboŝtono noun (stone on grave)
Finnish
1 entries- hautakivi noun (stone on grave)
French
1 entries- pierre tombale noun (stone on grave)
Georgian
1 entries- საფლავის ქვა noun (stone on grave)
German
3 entries- Grabmal noun (stone on grave)
- Grabstein noun (stone on grave)
- Leichenstein noun (stone on grave)
Greek
2 entries- ταφόπετρα noun (stone on grave)
- ταφόπλακα noun (stone on grave)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַצֵּבָה noun (stone on grave)
Hungarian
1 entries- sírkő noun (stone on grave)
Ido
1 entries- tombo noun (stone on grave)
Indonesian
1 entries- batu nisan noun (stone on grave)
Irish
1 entries- leac uaighe noun (stone on grave)
Italian
2 entries- lapide noun (stone on grave)
- pietra tombale noun (stone on grave)
Japanese
2 entries- 墓石 noun (stone on grave)
- 墓碑 noun (stone on grave)
Korean
1 entries- 묘석 noun (stone on grave)
Latin
2 entries- lapillus noun (stone on grave)
- lapis noun (stone on grave)
Latvian
1 entries- kapakmens noun (stone on grave)
Lithuanian
1 entries- antkapis noun (stone on grave)
Macedonian
3 entries- на́дгробен спо́меник noun (stone on grave)
- на́дгробна пло́ча noun (stone on grave)
- на́дгробник noun (stone on grave)
Middle English
1 entries- graveston noun (stone on grave)
Mongolian
1 entries- булшны чулуу noun (stone on grave)
Norman
1 entries- tombé noun (stone on grave)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gravstein noun (stone on grave)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gravstein noun (stone on grave)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- рака noun (stone on grave)
Ossetian
1 entries- цырт noun (stone on grave)
Polish
1 entries- nagrobek noun (stone on grave)
Portuguese
2 entries- campa noun (stone on grave)
- lápide noun (stone on grave)
Romanian
3 entries- lapidă noun (stone on grave)
- piatră de mormânt noun (stone on grave)
- piatră funerară noun (stone on grave)
Russian
4 entries- моги́льная плита́ noun (stone on grave)
- моги́льный ка́мень noun (stone on grave)
- надгро́бие noun (stone on grave)
- надгро́бная плита́ noun (stone on grave)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- clach-chinn noun (stone on grave)
- leac noun (stone on grave)
Slovak
2 entries- náhrobný kameň noun (stone on grave)
- náhrobok noun (stone on grave)
Slovene
1 entries- nagrobnik noun (stone on grave)
Spanish
1 entries- lápida noun (stone on grave)
Swedish
1 entries- gravsten noun (stone on grave)
Tagalog
1 entries- lapida noun (stone on grave)
Thai
1 entries- ป้ายสุสาน noun (stone on grave)
Turkish
1 entries- mezar taşı noun (stone on grave)
Ukrainian
3 entries- моги́льна плита́ noun (stone on grave)
- надгро́бний ка́мінь noun (stone on grave)
- надгро́бок noun (stone on grave)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bia mộ noun (stone on grave)
- mộ chí noun (stone on grave)
Welsh
1 entries- carreg fedd noun (stone on grave)
Yiddish
1 entries- מצבֿה noun (stone on grave)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
What will you have engraved on your tombstone?
Source: tatoeba (10250568)
I can't afford a tombstone.
Source: tatoeba (10455265)
Ziri looked away from the tombstone and saw Rima.
Source: tatoeba (10764625)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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