tombstone

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape

Also spelled tombstean and tombsteans

US /ˈtumstoʊn/ UK /ˈtuːmstəʊn/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a stone marker placed over a grave, usually bearing the deceased's name

    Moss had crept over the weathered tombstone.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a stone marker placed over... gravestoneheadstonemonumentmarkermemorialslab
Word family
Related forms tombgravestoneheadstone

Etymology

A compound of tomb (from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek tymbos 'burial mound') and stone.

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