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BNC: 19277 COCA: 13593

tombstone

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tombstone /ˈtuːmˌstoʊn/ noun
plural tombstones
tombstone
/ˈtuːmˌstoʊn/
noun
plural tombstones
Learner's definition of TOMBSTONE
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BNC: 19277 COCA: 13593

tombstone

noun

tomb·​stone ˈtüm-ˌstōn How to pronounce tombstone (audio)

Example Sentences

the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
Recent Examples on the Web Ants crawled across Diaz’s tombstone, a concrete slab overlaid by a metal stencil of a cross surrounded by roses. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Bačaq’s tombstone does not mention a cause of death, but other 1338–1339 tombstones do: mawtānā, or pestilence. Jen Pinkowski, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 Another legendary industry workaround was to go to the local graveyard and run a likely name: the dead frequently retained their credit rating, and the tombstone supplied a birth date. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Deep in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights, a longer-than-usual tombstone lies near a chain-link fence. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022 Each tombstone’s death date was within a few weeks of each other in the early 1900s. Megan Ranney, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022 The recipe for Ida Kleinman’s nut roll cookies, her most popular, can be found in Hebrew on her tombstone in Rehovot Cemetery in Rehovot, Israel. New York Times, 30 June 2022 In the picture, Lincoln sits on a bench at the cemetery while looking at his brother's tombstone. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022 Each square, a tombstone memorializing a once-promising partnership. Glamour, 31 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tombstone was in 1565
BNC: 19277 COCA: 13593

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