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# gravestone

«gravestone» in Mova's school dictionary: **A stone put on a grave, with the name of the person…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gravestone, gravestones)

### meaning for a pupil

A stone put on a grave, with the name of the person buried there and words about them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons pupils read gravestones in old churchyards to learn about people from the past; in stories gravestones appear in spooky scenes; in maths the dates on gravestones are used to work out ages, but here just think «birth to death». Phrases: «the words on the gravestone», «an old gravestone».

### examples

- We read the names on the old gravestones in the churchyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x1)
- The gravestone was covered in moss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x2)
- Flowers were left by the gravestone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x3)
- Some gravestones have carved angels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x4)
- Her gravestone said «A loving mother». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x5)
- The class drew rubbings of the gravestones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/#x6)

### note

Also called a headstone or tombstone. A grave is the hole in the ground where a body is buried; the gravestone stands on it. Be respectful in graveyards.

### In the corpora

- ["Departed this life" means died; it is old-fashioned and found on old gravestones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gravestone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravestone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.