Gravestone

Definitions

A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

Equivalents

Examples

“The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research⟳ has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide⟳ more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]”

“How the gravestone got inside the home in Okemos, Michigan, outside Lansing? Now that’s a mystery, according to Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries (FOLHC) President Loretta S. Stanaway.”

“On a cold, wet⟳ March⟳ day, about 20 river cruise passengers, many from the United States, follow⟳ their Dutch tour guide⟳ through rows of rain-soaked gravestones at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.”

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