noun
headstone
HEHDS-tohn
noun
1
A stone marker placed at the head of a grave, usually inscribed with the name and dates of the deceased.
"They visited the cemetery to clean her grandmother's headstone."
How to Use Headstone
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe engraved stone marking someone's grave.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
engraved headstone
erect a headstone
Word Forms
headstones plural
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Etymology
A compound of head and stone, referring to the stone set at the "head" end of a grave.