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Meaning of "gravestone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAVESTONE

gravestone  [ˈɡreɪvˌstəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAVESTONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gravestone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRAVESTONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Headstone

A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. They are traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions, among others. In most cases they have the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on them, along with a personal message, or prayer, but they may contain pieces of funerary art, especially details in stone relief. In many parts of Europe insetting a photograph of the deceased in a frame is very common.

Definition of gravestone in the English dictionary

The definition of gravestone in the dictionary is a stone marking a grave and usually inscribed with the name and dates of the person buried.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRAVESTONE


birthstone
ˈbɜːθˌstəʊn
Blackstone
ˈblækˌstəʊn
bluestone
ˈbluːˌstəʊn
capstone
ˈkæpˌstəʊn
cobblestone
ˈkɒbəlˌstəʊn
cornerstone
ˈkɔːnəˌstəʊn
firestone
ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn
gemstone
ˈdʒɛmˌstəʊn
greystone
ˈɡreɪˌstəʊn
hearthstone
ˈhɑːθˌstəʊn
keystone
ˈkiːˌstəʊn
limestone
ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn
lodestone
ˈləʊdˌstəʊn
milestone
ˈmaɪlˌstəʊn
moonstone
ˈmuːnˌstəʊn
rhinestone
ˈraɪnˌstəʊn
sandstone
ˈsændˌstəʊn
tombstone
ˈtuːmˌstəʊn
touchstone
ˈtʌtʃˌstəʊn
Yellowstone
ˈjɛləʊˌstəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAVESTONE

gravelly
gravely
graven
graven image
graveness
Gravenhage
graveolent
graver
graverobber
Graves
Graves´ disease
Gravesend
graveside
gravesite
Gravettian
graveward
graveyard
graveyard orbit
graveyard shift
graveyard slot

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAVESTONE

brimstone
dry-stone
Ecclestone
flagstone
Folkestone
Gladstone
goldstone
headstone
histone
kill two birds with one stone
Livingstone
Maidstone
millstone
rolling stone
Rosetta stone
standing stone
stepping stone
stone
thunderstone
tone
whetstone

Synonyms and antonyms of gravestone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRAVESTONE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gravestone» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gravestone

Translation of «gravestone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAVESTONE

Find out the translation of gravestone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gravestone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gravestone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

墓碑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lápida
570 millions of speakers

English

gravestone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समाधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَاهِدُ القَبْر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

надгробный камень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lápide tumular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাধিস্তম্ভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pierre tombale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Batu nisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grabstein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

墓石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

묘비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gravestone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bia mộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல்லறைக்கல்லில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थडग्याजवळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mezar taşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lapide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nagrobek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

могильна плита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piatră funerară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταφόπλακα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grafsteen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gravsten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gravstøtte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gravestone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVESTONE»

The term «gravestone» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.306 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVESTONE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gravestone» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gravestone» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gravestone

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5 QUOTES WITH «GRAVESTONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gravestone.
1
Cilla Black
On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.
2
Doug Harvey
I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held a grudge.'
3
Al Purdy
'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.
4
D. B. Sweeney
If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
5
Joni Eareckson Tada
You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAVESTONE»

Discover the use of gravestone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gravestone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gravestone: A Novel
This second book in the Solitary Tales continues Chris’s journey toward finding out who he is and what his own role is in the darkness suffocating his tiny new hometown.
Travis Thrasher, 2011
2
Gravestone
Assigned to find out who is trying to kill Judge Denton, Lawrence County police officer Marty Hopkins is almost certain that his case has connections to the Goldberger case, which could involve the Klan
P. M. Carlson, Jane Chelius, 1994
3
A gravestone made of wheat: stories
A dozen stories deal with a heartbroken widower, hunters, farmers and truck drivers living in Minnesota
Will Weaver, 1990
4
Irish Gravestone Inscriptions: A Guide to Sources in Ulster
In brief, then, this is a guide to the 900 cemeteries surveyed in the nine counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Louth, Monaghan, and Tyrone, with pointers for the researcher to follow for acquiring full details of ...
William O'Kane, Eoin Kerr, 1999
5
Early New England gravestone rubbings
An annotated collection of rubbings and photographs of historic gravestones records the wide variety and originality of motifs used by early American stonecutters
Edmund Vincent Gillon, 1966
6
Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont: Gravestone ...
Mrs. Lane is a descendant of the author of the "Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key.
Ronald Chase Murphy, Janice Church Murphy, 2000
7
Irish Records: Sources for Family & Local History
Many of the graveyards in this county have been recorded in the series " Gravestone Inscriptions Series- Co. Down," edited by R.S.J. Clarke and published by the Ulster Historical Foundation from 1966-84 in nineteen volumes. A separate ...
James G. Ryan, 1997
8
Miserrimus on a Gravestone...: With Neither Name Nor Date, ...
ON A GRAVESTONE IN WORCESTER CATHEDRAL IS THIS EMPHATIC INSCRIPTION, MISEHHIMTTSj WITH NEITHER NAME NOR DATE, COMMENT NOR TEXT. SECOND EDITION. * * La durée de nos passions ne depend pas plus de ...
Thomas Love Peacock, 1833
9
Historic Gravestone Art of Charleston, South Carolina, 1695-1802
"Focusing on pieces created between 1695 and 1802, this volume offers a detailed examination of the tombstones and grave markers from 18th century Charleston.
David R. Mould, Missy Loewe, 2006
10
Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History
(8) Gravestone, 1nscription It is an ancient custom to mark the site of burial ( Genesis 35,20; 11 Samuel 18,18; Ezekiel 39,15). This mark can be a gravestone [matzzevah) or some other sign {tziyyun). The rabbis' gravestones are called nefesh, ...
Kinga Frojimovics, Géza Komoróczy, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAVESTONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gravestone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jane Addams project to close some lanes Mount Prospect Road …
Meier discovered the women had no gravestone at their grave in Bohemian's Section 16 and teamed up with some cousins to get a marker ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
2
Happy 120th birthday, Bucky Fuller!
Why does his gravestone say "Call me Trimtab"? wikipedia/ Bucky and Anne's Gravestone./CC BY 2.0. According to this quote from the ... «Treehugger, Jul 15»
3
Inside John Waters Fabulously Dirty Mind
The exhibition features a marble gravestone for French author Jean Genet, whose sexually graphic writing had inspired Waters since his ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
'Stuff': Outfest Review
While Trish spends hours at the cemetery, arranging flowers as a substitute gravestone, Deb is drawn into a substitute relationship, ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
5
Maine town remains intrigued by mystery of Mr. Tramp
Solon Selectwoman Sarah Davis agreed that the Mr. Tramp gravestone has been in place as long as she can remember. She said there is no ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
6
ABC Family May Have Dropped A Huge 'Pretty Little Liars' Spoiler …
Until now, we thought that referred to Lesli Stone, and maybe Charles' gravestone, but could it actually mean Lesli Stone ... and her sister? «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Descendants of Eastland victims gather to dedicate first major …
Meier discovered the women had no gravestone at their grave in Bohemian's Section 16 and teamed up with some cousins to get a marker ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
8
Smooth sailing for burials at sea
... embalmings, placed in expensive caskets and lowered into concrete casings, then tightly sealed and marked with a permanent gravestone. «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»
9
Tahlequah's Historic Preservation Board earns state award
The cultural tourism program brings in an outside expert to teach a gravestone preservation and restoration workshop at the cemetery, restoring ... «Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Jul 15»
10
Fraudster daughter squandered war veteran father's life savings on …
... her war veteran father's life savings on botox and sunbeds, leaving him so penniless he could not pay for his own wife's gravestone. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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