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Tomb·stone
(to͞om′stōn′) 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.
tomb·stone
(to͞om′stōn′)n.
A gravestone.
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tombstone
(ˈtuːmˌstəʊn)n
another word for gravestone
Tombstone
(ˈtuːmˌstəʊn)n
(Placename) a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)
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tomb•stone
(ˈtumˌstoʊn)n.
a stone marker, usu. inscribed, on a tomb or grave.
[1555–65]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" 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" |
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tombstone
noun gravestone, memorial, monument, marker, headstone What were the words inscribed on his tombstone?
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Translations
شاهِد القَبْر
náhrobní kámen
gravsten
GrabsteinLeichenstein
hautakivi
pierre tombalefaire-part de clôture
sírkő
legsteinn
nagrobnik
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tombstone
n → Grabstein m
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tomb
(tuːm) noun a hole or vault in the ground in which a dead body is put; a grave. He was buried in the family tomb.
ˈtombstone noun an ornamental stone placed over a grave on which the dead person's name etc is engraved.
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