tombstone

[ toom-stohn ]

noun

1. a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.

Tombstone

¹

/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)

tombstone

²

/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /

noun

1. another word for gravestone

Word History and Origins

Origin of tombstone¹

First recorded in 1555–65; tomb + stone

Example Sentences

Another sent back a flat-screen television with a bona fide tombstone within.

From The Daily Beast

“What I would really like to put on my tombstone is that I was part of my time,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

“The NTC pretends to govern, but it doesn't have any real power in the interior,” Tombstone tells him.

From The Daily Beast

The problem gets occasional publicity when a rock star steps in and buys a tombstone for a blues great.

From The Daily Beast

Or you could have a tombstone that reads “Here does not lie Ann Patchett.”

From The Daily Beast

For hours the gray man would sit on a tombstone, while Black Sheep read epitaphs, and then with a sigh would stump home again.

From Project Gutenberg

Inscription copied, Nov. 21, 1833, from a tombstone to a fisherman in Bathford churchyard.

From Project Gutenberg

Only he had carved on the Girl's tombstone the last verse of the Song of the Girl, which stands at the head of this story.

From Project Gutenberg

His tombstone in the churchyard consists of an anvil and hammer, wrought in stone.

From Project Gutenberg

He supported her and himself against the tombstone, till her faint breathings informed him she revived.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• gravestone
• marker
• memorial
• monument