GRAVESTONE

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stone that is used to mark a grave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gravestone; headstone; tombstone

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))