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gravestone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Death
grave·stone /ˈɡreɪvstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable]  MXa stone above a grave showing details of the person buried there 墓碑 SYN tombstone
Examples from the Corpus
gravestoneHe was particularly delighted by the hearth - a seven-foot-by-three slate slab - probably a gravestone, he thought.His discovery of the Hovis process is recorded on his gravestone.Tombs and monuments were knocked to pieces, and ordinary gravestones shattered in rows.Slowly, a drawing emerged of a yew tree, overlooking several gravestones.Take the footpath between the hedge and the gravestones to go through a gate and along a grassy path.People presently came flowing out of the door and spread between the gravestones.The firm from whom the gravestone had been commissioned had telephoned about dimensions and other details.The gravestones I can still read give only names and dates.
grave·stone nounChineseSyllable
of a person details grave a Corpus showing the stone above


gravestone
gravestone /ˈɡreɪvstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable]
a stone above a grave showing details of the person buried there
   SYN  tombstone


grave·stoneBrE /ˈɡreɪvstəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡreɪvstoʊn/ 🔊 nouna stone that is put on a grave in a vertical position, showing the name, etc. of the person buried there 墓碑 SYN headstone   compare tombstone