Tombstone Definition

to͝omstōn
tombstones
noun
tombstones
A stone or monument, usually with an engraved inscription, marking a tomb or grave.
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(mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.

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verb
(surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
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Noun

Singular:
tombstone
Plural:
tombstones

Tombstone Sentence Examples

  • She laid the phone on the tombstone and knelt beside her mother's grave, closing her eyes.

  • A badly eroded half of a figure statue lies beside the tombstone.

  • Greg drove through town, not caring who saw the tombstone.

  • San Filippo Neri or dei Gerolomini, erected in the close of the 16th century, has a white marble façade and two campaniles, and contains the tombstone of Giambattista Vico.

  • It therefore became customary for those who possessed the means to dedicate at least a tombstone in the neighborhood of the staircase of the great god, as the sacred spot was called.

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