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Synonyms for headstone


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hed-stohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌstoʊn



Définition of headstone

Origin :
  • c.1400, "cornerstone," from head (adj.) + stone (n.). Meaning "upright stone at the head of a grave" is 1775, from head (n.).
  • noun gravestone
Example sentences :
  • The headstone, set up by the parson, bore the words "Peccator Maximus."
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • We piled after Ase, who'd made a dash to get to the headstone first.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Crombie had seen two names on a headstone in the kirkyard of Kilgower.
  • Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson
  • I want to put up his headstone for him, and I know just what lines are going to be put on the stone.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • There was a headstone there, but the snow was so deep the engineer didn't see it.
  • Extract from : « Maw's Vacation » by Emerson Hough
  • He knelt down by the headstone and pressed his face against it.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Only, if you would have that written and read on your headstone, you have no time to lose.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte
  • Auguste had already made arrangements to have Pierre's headstone carved.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • You'll have to pay for my headstone, George, if you keep me on much longer.
  • Extract from : « Dariel » by R. D. Blackmore
  • Get me out of here, before the parrots use me for a headstone!
  • Extract from : « When the Owl Cries » by Paul Bartlett

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