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gravestone

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvstoʊn/

noun

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

  1. 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 […]

    How the gravestone got inside the home in Okemos, Michigan, outside Lansing? Now that’s a mystery, according to Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries (FOLHC) President Loretta S. Stanaway.