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tomb·stone
/
ˈtumˌstoʊn
/
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[
toom
-stohn
]
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noun
a
stone
marker, usually inscribed, on a
tomb
or grave.
Origin:
1555–65;
tomb
+
stone
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tombstone
(ˈtuːmˌstəʊn)
—
n
another word for
gravestone
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Tombstone
(ˈtuːmˌstəʊn)
—
n
a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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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.
He sat down on a
tombstone
that was near the door, and began thinking.
The sarcophagus was buried and covered by a marble
tombstone
.
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