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nouna stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone. Origin of headstoneFirst recorded in 1525–35; head + stone Words nearby headstoneheadstand, head start, head station, headstay, headstock, headstone, headstream, headstrong, heads up, heads-up display, heads will roll Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for headstone“Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone. Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard|Nina Strochlic|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Donations flowed in from around the world, and Spann finally got a headstone—30 years after he died. Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect|Malcolm Jones|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the sight of that headstone made his existence more real to me, made me a little more humble and oddly very joyful. Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect|Malcolm Jones|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST She was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on Sept. 16, 2008, with a headstone saying, “Queen of Pin-Ups.” ‘Bettie Page Reveals All,’ A Close-Up Look at the Pinup Goddess and Sexual Icon|Marlow Stern|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On his headstone is inscribed a simple, ineradicable fact: “Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair.” Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth|Jimmy So|August 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST When he died, his rich relations put a headstone on his grave, but left it blank. The Jews of Barnow|Karl Emil Franzos A mound showed where Anitra had been laid away; a little mound surmounted by a headstone carved with her name. The Chief Legatee|Anna Katharine Green He saved all of those lives as it is chiseled on his headstone. Georgina of the Rainbows|Annie Fellows Johnston The name on the headstone was Stires, and there was himself—no, a ghost of himself! Satan Sanderson|Hallie Erminie Rives It is found, however, on a headstone of a somewhat weak design in Old Hornsey Churchyard. In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious|W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for headstone
nouna memorial stone at the head of a grave architect another name for keystone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to headstonetombstone, monument, marker, keystone |