Headstone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhedstəʊn|  American pronunciation of the word headstone
Brit.  |ˈhedstəʊn|  British pronunciation of the word headstone

noun

- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault (syn: key, keystone)
- a stone that is used to mark a grave (syn: gravestone, tombstone)

Extra examples

...many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic...

...reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone...

Word forms

noun
singular: headstone
plural: headstones
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