Grave marker

head·stone (h

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1. A memorial stone set at the head of a grave.

2. also head stone Architecture See keystone.

headstone [ˈhɛdˌstəʊn]

1. a memorial stone at the head of a grave

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect another name for keystone

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Noun	1.	headstone - the central building block at the top of an arch or vault keystone, key arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it building block - a block of material used in construction work coign, coigne, quoin - the keystone of an arch
	2.	headstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave gravestone, tombstone tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" monument, memorial - 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; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"

headstone

noun gravestone, monument, tombstone, stone He placed two poppies at the base of the headstone.

Translations

headstone [ˈhedstəʊn] N (on grave) → lápida f (mortuoria)

headstone [ˈhɛdstəʊn] n (on grave) → pierre f tombale

headstone [ˈhɛdˌstəʊn] n (on grave) → lapide f, pietra tombale

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Cemetery officials have ordered new grave markers for the site.

US probes Arlington cemetery after remains misplaced by AFP / AFP American Edition

The spokesman said: "The commission appreciates that any delay to the new grave markers is frustrating and we are doing everything we can to speed up the replacement process.

War dead graves still lay wrecked; VETS FEAR THEIR LOST COMRADES WILL ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

A grave marker (also called a tombstone or headstone) is often a very expensive extra cost.

4 Added Expenses Linked with Burial by Hal Stevens / Humanities, general community

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