tomb·stone

[toom-stohn]
noun
a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.

Origin:
1555–65; tomb + stone

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tombstone (ˈtuːmˌstəʊn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
another word for gravestone

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Tombstone (ˈtuːmˌstəʊn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)

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Example sentences
No grave so far has had a tombstone or any other identifying label.
He wrote the epitaph which was cut on his tombstone.
Tombstone, for example, was a movie that the studio decided not to even screen
  for the critics.
They came upon a tombstone which had an image of two hands sheltering a candle.
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