GRAVESTONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does gravestone mean? • GRAVESTONE (noun)
The noun GRAVESTONE has 1 sense:
1. a stone that is used to mark a grave
Familiarity information: GRAVESTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GRAVESTONE (noun)
Meaning:
A stone that is used to mark a grave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gravestone; tombstone; headstone
Hypernyms ("gravestone" is a kind of...):
memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)
stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)
Holonyms ("gravestone" is a part of...):
grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))
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