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tombstone
/ˈtuːmstoʊn/
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What does tombstone mean?
noun
- A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
- The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
- A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A crashdump.
- An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
- A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.
- A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
- (archaic, slang) A pawnbroker's ticket.
verb
- To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
- For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
- To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.
proper noun
- A city in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtuːmstoʊn/
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But just as I was turning to the end to read the inscription on my tombstone, I woke up.
“I think ’twas because two men came just then from Casterbridge and began putting up grand carved tombstone,” said Liddy.
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Jerome seated himself on a marble tombstone, and commenced reading from a book which he had carried under his arm.
As we fall asleep after such a visit, we like to think of the meadow-larks singing on the mossy tombstone in the morning.
When I first saw the tombstone, an ash tree was growing out of the top of the main body of it, though that has since been removed.