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tomb·stone (to̵̅o̅mstōn′)

noun

a stone or monument, usually with an engraved inscription, marking a tomb or grave

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tombstone Usage Examples

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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tombstone quotes

   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.'

-Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

The tombstone of capitalism†with windows.

-Still, Bayrd

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