Meaning

8 senses
  1. A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

    Grabstein, Grabmal, Leichenstein

    надгро́биеnadgróbije, надгро́бная плита́nadgróbnaja plitá, моги́льная плита́mogílʹnaja plitá

    надгро́бокnadhróbok, моги́льна плита́mohýlʹna plytá, надгро́бний ка́міньnadhróbnyj káminʹ

    a stone that is used to mark a grave

  2. The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.

  3. A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.

  4. A crashdump.

  5. An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.

  6. A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.

  7. A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.

  8. (archaic, slang)A pawnbroker's ticket.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. A marble tombstone marks the site.

  2. The tombstone was very archaic-looking.

  3. Ziri began reading names on the tombstones.

  4. Vladimir's name was carved into the tombstone.

  5. Vladimir showed the tombstone to his parents.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
stone on grave:
Русский
By meaning 1
stone on grave:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
stone on grave:

Origin

From tomb + stone.

From tomb + stone.

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Forms

plural: tombstones

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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