| 单词 | headstone |
| 释义 | headstone (once / 7129 pages) 1n 2n A headstone is a grave marker, usually inscribed with the dead person's name. You might visit your grandfather's grave each year, leaving flowers beside his headstone. Another name for a headstone is a tombstone or a gravestone. True to its name, a headstone is often made out of a large piece of stone, frequently slate, granite, or marble. The meaning of headstone was originally "cornerstone," or the stone at the corner of the base of a building, but by the 1700s it came to mean "stone at the head of a grave." WORD FAMILYheadstone: headstones USAGE EXAMPLESBut for whatever reason, Mary’s name was never added to the headstone under that of her husband when she died three years after him. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) A Wreaths Across America convoy departed Down East Maine on Saturday, and the wreaths will be placed at headstones in the cemetery next weekend. Washington Times(Dec 10, 2016) Martin will lead 10 tractor-trailers carrying loads of Maine-made balsam fir wreaths that will be placed at headstones in Arlington Cemetery. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) 1 n a stone that is used to mark a grave 2Syn|Hyper gravestone, tombstone memorial, monument a structure erected to commemorate persons or events stonebuilding material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose n the central building block at the top of an arch or vault Syn|Hypo|Hyper key, keystone coign, coigne, quoin the keystone of an arch building block a block of material used in construction work |
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