tombstone

Speech parts

1. tombstone - Noun

2. tombstone - Verb

3. Tombstone - Proper noun

Meaning

A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

memorial arch sepulchre barrow sepulcher keystone cemetery remembrance cairn stone ledger obelisk dolmen balata cross
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Antonyms

anniversary apartment birthday party birthday celebration birthday bash birthday bashment
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Hypernyms

memorial monument

Phrases with the word

tombstone effect

Examples

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it." Katherine Dunham

I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass. Lewis Mumford

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper. Billy Sunday

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. Charles Spurgeon

I am a worker, a tombstone mason, anxious to pleace averyburies and jully glad when Christmas comes his once ayear. James Joyce

All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left alive. Bertrand Russell

Close letter words and terms

tomboyism tomboylike Tombs tombstone effect tombstone engineering tombstoned