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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

As he stood at the headstone in St Kentigern's cemetery, where his father, mother and three other siblings already lay, he took a moment to remember Anne.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Community members paid for the sturdy stone headstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

"Mum's grave still doesn't have her name on the headstone," she told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

I put a slice in front of my mother’s headstone.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin