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[syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tombstone \Tomb"stone`\ (t[=oo]m"st[=o]n`), n.
A stone or small stone monument erected over a grave, bearing
the name of the dead person interred there, to preserve the
memory of the deceased.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tombstone
n 1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone,
headstone, tombstone]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "tombstone":
arch, barrow, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column,
cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, footstone, grave,
gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, ledger, marker,
mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith,
monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, pillar, plaque,
prize, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column,
shaft, shrine, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb,
tope, trophy
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Tombstone, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
Population (2000): 1504
Housing Units (2000): 839
Land area (2000): 4.299826 sq. miles (11.136498 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.299826 sq. miles (11.136498 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74400
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 31.715940 N, 110.064827 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85638
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tombstone, AZ
Tombstone