tombstone
noun
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tombstone
American
[toom-stohn]
/ ˈtumˌstoʊn /
noun
tombstones
plural
Tombstone
1
British
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /
noun
tombstone
2
British
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /
noun
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Origin of tombstone
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Celan called it a tombstone for his mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
But his tombstone was defaced on Thursday morning, local authorities said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Dock, whose birth year engraved on his tombstone is a guess, was a child when he arrived in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Unlike the vast majority of his predecessors, he will not be buried in St Peter's, but in a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in central Rome, beneath a tombstone inscribed only with his name.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
Emma walked and walked through the cemetery, searching for her daughters tombstone, but she could not find it.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
In Tombstone, Arizona, circa 1880, Marshall Virgil Earp required visitors to disarm as soon as they entered town.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
But Tombstone is in the Kings subbasin in Fresno County, where regulators have recommended approving local groundwater plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
What they lack in the lavishness of a Tombstone Roadhouse Loaded Double Down Deluxe pizza, they strive to make up for in simplicity and quality.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Thell Reed's first credit as an armorer came in 1993 when he worked on "Tombstone," starring Kurt Russell.
From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2021
They arrived in Tombstone in the days when the outlaws were rampant, and they began dealing faro in Oriental.
From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)
Bimbo is maneuvered into a graveyard whose tombstones sway and sing, and whose ground opens up to reveal teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Nearby, a well-maintained veterans cemetery can be seen, its tombstones decorated with wreaths and flowers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
When I peered back through the drizzle, I thought I spied a dark figure weaving among the tombstones.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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