Gravestone
noun
A stone slab, set up over a grave to remember the person who has died.
Her name was written on the gravestone.
Often appears as...
- lay a gravestone
- engraved gravestone
noun
A stone slab, set up over a grave to remember the person who has died.
Her name was written on the gravestone.
Often appears as...
- lay a gravestone
- engraved gravestone
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Respect
Gravestones are treated with respect; avoid using them in humorous or disrespectful contexts.
Visitors walked quietly by each gravestone, reflecting on the lives of those buried there.
Pro Tip 2/3Graveyard Vocabulary
Gravestones are found in graveyards or cemeteries, often among other funeral-related terms.
The old cemetery had rows of gravestones, each telling a small part of the town's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Importance
Gravestones are made of durable materials like stone or marble to withstand time and weather.
The marble gravestone gleamed in the sunlight, withstanding years of seasonal changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Respect
Gravestones are treated with respect; avoid using them in humorous or disrespectful contexts.
Visitors walked quietly by each gravestone, reflecting on the lives of those buried there.
Pro Tip 2/3Graveyard Vocabulary
Gravestones are found in graveyards or cemeteries, often among other funeral-related terms.
The old cemetery had rows of gravestones, each telling a small part of the town's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Importance
Gravestones are made of durable materials like stone or marble to withstand time and weather.
The marble gravestone gleamed in the sunlight, withstanding years of seasonal changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Respect
Gravestones are treated with respect; avoid using them in humorous or disrespectful contexts.
Visitors walked quietly by each gravestone, reflecting on the lives of those buried there.
Pro Tip 2/3Graveyard Vocabulary
Gravestones are found in graveyards or cemeteries, often among other funeral-related terms.
The old cemetery had rows of gravestones, each telling a small part of the town's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Importance
Gravestones are made of durable materials like stone or marble to withstand time and weather.
The marble gravestone gleamed in the sunlight, withstanding years of seasonal changes.
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Living Among the Dead PIPE...
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Why we ignore obvious...
the ones who have the eulogy written, the menu for the funeral lunch. My grandparents did. And everything but the final date chiseled into the gravestone.
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Is there any truth to...
“Here lies Arthur, king who was, and king who will be.” So reads the inscription on King Arthur’s gravestone
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Living Among the Dead PIPE...
he turned an aboveground tomb into a two-story house few people would want to do their laundry only feet away from a corpse and a crypt or brush their teeth on top of a gravestone there's even an
Video examples
The Day of the Dead PIPE...
on science to to answer the question what is it that animates living boomers what is the difference between a piece of rock that's carved into a gravestone and me
Video examples
Why we ignore obvious...
the ones who have the eulogy written, the menu for the funeral lunch. My grandparents did. And everything but the final date chiseled into the gravestone.
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Is there any truth to...
“Here lies Arthur, king who was, and king who will be.” So reads the inscription on King Arthur’s gravestone
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D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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Joni Eareckson Tada
American Author
You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.
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Frances McDormand
American Actress
I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
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Doug Harvey
Canadian Athlete
I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held a grudge.
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Carlos Fuentes
Mexican Novelist
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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Dick Van Dyke
American Actor
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.
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Cilla Black
British Musician
On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.
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Jesse Ventura
American Politician
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.
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John C. McGinley
American Actor
Learn your lines.' I want that on my gravestone.
Quote examples
D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
Quote examples
Joni Eareckson Tada
American Author
You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.
Quote examples
Frances McDormand
American Actress
I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
Quote examples
Doug Harvey
Canadian Athlete
I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held a grudge.
Quote examples
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican Novelist
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone.
Quote examples
Ian Mckellen
English Actor
When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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Dick Van Dyke
American Actor
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.
Quote examples
Cilla Black
British Musician
On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.
Quote examples
Jesse Ventura
American Politician
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.
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John C. McGinley
American Actor
Learn your lines.' I want that on my gravestone.
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