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gravestone

US/ˈɡɹeɪvstoʊn/

gravestone noun: a stone slab set at the head of a grave.

gravestone: a stone slab set at the head of a grave
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Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

  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 […]2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation, →ISBN, page 41
    • How the gravestone got inside the home in Okemos, Michigan, outside Lansing? Now that’s a mystery, according to Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries (FOLHC) President Loretta S. Stanaway.2021 September 24, Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, “A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    headstone, tombstone

gravestone meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

gravestone in Urdu

کتبہ

gravestone in Malayalam

കല്ലറക്കല്ല്, സമാധിശില, ചൈത്യം, സ്മാരകശില

Synonyms of gravestone

Forms of gravestone

pluralgravestones

Plural of gravestone: gravestones

Origin of gravestone

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

Words formed from gravestone

Questions about gravestone

What does gravestone mean?
Gravestone means a stone slab set at the head of a grave.
What is gravestone in Urdu?
Gravestone in Urdu is کتبہ. See Gravestone meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is gravestone?
Gravestone is a noun.
How do you pronounce gravestone?
Gravestone is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪvstoʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of gravestone?
The plural of gravestone is gravestones.

Words near gravestone in the dictionary

  1. gravestand
  2. gravestanding
  3. gravestands
  4. gravestead
  5. gravesteads
  6. gravestone
  7. gravestoned
  8. gravestones
  9. gravestood
  10. graveteiro
  11. graveteiros

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gravestone (page history and authors); gravestone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gravestone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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