tombstone
noun
tombstone
American
[toom-stohn]
/ ˈtumˌstoʊn /
noun
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tombstones
plural
Tombstone
1
British
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /
noun
tombstone
2
British
/ ˈtuːmˌstəʊn /
noun
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Origin of tombstone
Example Sentences
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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
Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
The bust, sculpted by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin, was placed on Morrison’s tombstone in 1981 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Doors frontman’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
She had me take pictures of her and Elsie on the stump of what used to be Henrietta’s favorite oak tree and in front of Henrietta’s mother’s tombstone.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
They say the name Tombstone may come from the cemetery down the road, where gravestones dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s stand listing on uneven ground.
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
For over 33 years, Knox was the proprietor of Elmo’s Tombstone Service, which he bought from his employer Robert Williams in 1987, on the South Side of Chicago.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Now this new order of things did not meet universal popular favor in Tombstone.
From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt
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 art installation consists of over 100 tombstones, each with identical black fists and names I remember from 2020.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
I stood at the gate and looked out at all the tombstones, white and gray, sprouting from the ground like weird teeth.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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