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Tombstone

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Tomb·stone  (tmstn)
A city of southeast Arizona southeast of Tucson. After silver was discovered here in 1877, Tombstone became one of the richest and most lawless frontier mining towns. Population: 1,570.
tomb·stone  (tmstn)
n.
A gravestone.
tombstone
Noun
a gravestone
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Tombstonetombstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave
gravestone, headstone
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"
tombstone
noun gravestone, memorial, monument, marker, headstone
Translations
tombstone [ˈtuːmstəun] n → lápida
tombstone [ˈtuːmstəun] tomb n → pierre tombale
tombstone [ˈtuːmstəun] tomb n → Grabstein m
tombstone [ˈtuːmstəun] n → pietra tombale


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I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister - Mrs.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
laughed Gabriel Grub, as he sat himself down on a flat tombstone which was a favourite resting-place of his, and drew forth his wicker bottle.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
It was not difficult to divine that they were of a class of itinerant showmen--exhibitors of the freaks of Punch--for, perched cross-legged upon a tombstone behind them, was a figure of that hero himself, his nose and chin as hooked and his face as beaming as usual.
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