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tombstone

[ toom-stohn ]

noun

  1. a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.


Tombstone

1

/ ˈٳːˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tombstone

2

/ ˈٳːˌəʊ /

noun

  1. another word for gravestone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tombstone1

First recorded in 1555–65; tomb + stone
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But a few feet away, the house looked like it had been taken out by a missile, the chimney rising like a tombstone over the debris of a structure that had stood for a century.

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On Feb. 7, he posted a tweet that read “CFPB RIP,” next to an emoji of a tombstone.

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In the suit, Willman alleges that the plan to blame trainers for the deaths happened after animal rights advocates staged a protest at Santa Anita with faux tombstones for every horse that died.

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Brown’s tombstone disappeared for a decade before being found hundreds of feet down the hill.

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But now they have become a pair of tombstones.

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