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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

Community members paid for the sturdy stone headstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

After his dilapidated grave was discovered in Ramsgate, a campaign to restore his resting place has culminated in a small headstone with the Wimbledon logo on it being erected to celebrate his success.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

The widow of entertainer Roy Hudd has praised the "fantastic" theatre poster-style headstone placed at his grave.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

She climbed slowly back to join him and found him cutting the names of the Gallivespians on the little headstone, and setting it more firmly in the soil.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman