gravestone

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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
   noun

   a stone that is used to mark a grave

Etymology

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