tombstone
pronunciation
How to pronounce tombstone in British English:
UK [ˈtu:mstəʊn]
How to pronounce tombstone in American English:
US [ˈtumstoʊn]
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- Noun:
- a stone that is used to mark a grave
Word Origin
- tombstone (n.)
- 1560s, originally the flat stone atop a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); from tomb + stone (n.). Meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711. The city in Arizona, U.S., said to have been named by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who found silver there in 1877 after being told all he would find there was his tombstone.
Example
- 1. Hoffman shrugs and says he has tombstone fantasies .
- 2. You know what I would like to be written on my tombstone ?
- 3. Today there is a tombstone with what had been an empty grave for pilecki in this cemetery .
- 4. He picked " tombstone " as a title chiefly to honour his father , and also the millions who died .
- 5. He jokes darkly that the book could end up being his own tombstone too .