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tomb·stone (to̵̅o̅m′stōn′)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
tombstone
n.
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- inscribe: Three inscribed tombstones, including that of the young cavalryman, have been found in the vicinity of the fort.
Adjective modifier
- old: Some of the old tombstones may now be seen used to make a crossing to the little brook at Tiscot.
Modifies a noun
- inscription: The Ledger graves have all gone now, but there is a record of the tombstone inscription.
Noun used with modifier
- marble: They drove once again, the marble tombstone rocking in the trunk, the lid slamming against it like an unbalanced teeter totter.
Preposition: in
- churchyard: The last burial was in 1929- the oldest tombstone in The churchyard is dated 1670.
Preposition: of
- soldier: However, this notion does not seem to hold true when we examine the actual tombstones of the soldiers themselves.
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, with the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear: 'A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.'
The tombstone of capitalismwith windows.
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