gravestone

English

Etymology

From Middle English gravestone, graveston, gravestan, equivalent to grave +‎ stone.

Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

1. A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

   Synonyms: headstone, tombstone

   • 2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation (→ISBN), page 41:

     The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]

See also

• through-stone

Translations

stone slab set at the head of a grave — see tombstone

Further reading

• gravestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• governates

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• grave stone, graveston, gravestan, grave stane

Etymology

From grave +‎ stone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːvˌstɔːn/

Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

1. gravestone
2. stone grave

Descendants

• English: gravestone

References

• “grāve-stōn (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.