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Webster 1913 Edition

Gravestone

Grave′stone

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Noun.

A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

Definition 2025

gravestone

gravestone

English

Noun

A gravestone

gravestone ‎(plural gravestones)

A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

Synonyms

headstone; tombstone

See also

through-stone

Translations

stone slab set at the head of a grave

Catalan: làpida f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 墓碑 (zh) ‎(mùbēi), 墓石 (zh) ‎(mùshí)
Classical Nahuatl: miccātetl
Czech: náhrobek m, náhrobní kámen m
Danish: gravsten (da) c
Dutch: grafsteen (nl) m, gedenkteken (nl) n
Finnish: hautakivi (fi)
French: pierre tombale (fr) f
German: Grabstein (de) m, Grabmal (de) n
Greek: ταφόπλακα (el) f ‎(tafóplaka)
Hungarian: sírkő (hu)
Italian: lapide (it) f
Japanese: 墓碑 (ja) ‎(ぼひ, bohi), 墓石 ‎(ぼせき, boseki)

Norman: tombé m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gravstein m

Nynorsk: gravstein m
Polish: nagrobek (pl) m
Portuguese: lápide (pt) f
Russian: моги́льная плита́ f ‎(mogílʹnaja plitá), надгро́бный ка́мень m ‎(nadgróbnyj kámenʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: leac f
Spanish: lápida (es) f
Swedish: gravsten (sv) c
Tagalog: lapida
Vietnamese: bia mộ
Welsh: carreg fedd f