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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century a burial monument

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a stone (usu. inscribed) marking a grave.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gravestone Grave"stone, n. A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gravestones) A gravestone is a large stone with words carved into it, which is placed on a grave. = tombstone, headstone N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

arch, barrow, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, footstone, grave, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, ledger, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, pillar, plaque, prize, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, shaft, shrine, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy