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grave·stone
(grāv′stōn′)n.
A stone placed over a grave as a marker; a tombstone.
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gravestone
(ˈɡreɪvˌstəʊn)n
a stone marking a grave and usually inscribed with the name and dates of the person buried
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grave•stone
(ˈgreɪvˌstoʊn)n.
a stone, usually inscribed, marking a grave.
[1175–1225]
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Noun | 1. | gravestone - a stone that is used to mark a grave tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" stone - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" |
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gravestone
noun headstone, stone, monument, tombstone He was buried in the local cemetery, with just a simple gravestone.
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Translations
شَاهِدُ القَبْرشاهِد، بَلاطَة ضَريح
náhrobní kámen
gravsten
GrabsteinLeichenstein
hautakivi
nadgrobna ploča
legsteinn
墓石
묘비
nagrobni kamen
gravsten
หินสลักหน้าหลุมฝังศพ
bia mộ
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grave1
(greiv) noun a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried. He laid flowers on the grave.
ˈgravedigger noun a person whose job is digging graves.
ˈgravestone noun a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written.
ˈgraveyard noun a place where the dead are buried.
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gravestone
→ شَاهِدُ القَبْر náhrobní kámen gravsten Grabstein ταφόπλακα lápida hautakivi pierre tombale nadgrobna ploča lapide 墓石 묘비 grafsteen gravstøtte nagrobek lápide tumular надгробный камень gravsten หินสลักหน้าหลุมฝังศพ mezar taşı bia mộ 墓碑Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009