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# headstone

noun (a headstone, headstones)

«headstone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A headstone is a stone set at the head of a grave, with the name of the person who died and often a short message. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#m1)
2. (building) A headstone can also mean the main stone of a building, the keystone or cornerstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#m2)

### In the lessons

A word of family life, history and graveyards: families choose a headstone for someone who has died; in history lessons pupils read old headstones to learn about people of the past. It tells the reader about death, memory and respect. Phrases: «carved on the headstone», «a marble headstone», «lay flowers by the headstone».

### Examples

- We put flowers by Grandma's headstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x1)
- The headstone said, «Loved by all who knew her.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x2)
- In history, we read the names on the old headstones in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x3)
- Some headstones were so old that the words had worn away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x4)
- The family chose a simple grey headstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x5)
- A little angel was carved on the headstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Also called a «gravestone» or «tombstone». Graveyards are places of respect: don't climb on headstones or run between graves. Headstones often say when the person was born and when they died, which helps historians.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «headstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«headstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/headstone.html) on Mova free.