gravestone
noun/ˈɡreɪvˌstoʊn/
Frequency rank: #17,730 most common English word
Meaning
a stone marker placed over a grave, typically inscribed with the name and dates of the deceased.
Example sentence
She traced her fingers over the carved letters on her grandfather's gravestone, reading his name and the years of his life.
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