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Definition of Headstone
1. Noun. The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
Group relationships: Arch
Generic synonyms: Building Block
Specialized synonyms: Coign, Coigne, Quoin
2. Noun. A stone that is used to mark a grave.
Group relationships: Grave, Tomb
Generic synonyms: Memorial, Monument, Stone
Definition of Headstone
1. n. The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Definition of Headstone
1. Noun. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headstone
Literary usage of Headstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society (1905)
"Samuel H. Beck- with of Utica, who will now unveil the headstone at the ...
Beckwith drew off the flag which enveloped the headstone, then delivered the ..."
2. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society by Middlesex Local History Council (1870)
"It is therefore, to such documentary evidence as exists relating to the manor of
Harrow that we must refer for the early history of headstone. ..."
3. Lady Audley's secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1862)
"CHAPTER V. THE headstone AT VENTNOR. YES : there it was, in black and white—"
Helen Talboys, aged twenty-two." When George told the governess on board the ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See CALCULUS. gravestone, n. stone, monument, tombstone; spec. ledger, headstone,
footstone, shaft, cross, ele. gray, a. 1. grey (vor. spelling, ..."
5. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"... Dean of Faculty, preserve some results of the poet's visits to the Parliament
House.] INSCRIPTION FOR THE headstone OF FERGUSSON THE POET. ..."
6. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"Mr. headstone has always got me on, and he has a good deal in his power, and of
course ... Mr. headstone comes and confides in mo, in a very délicat и way, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"headstone. (See Gravestone.) HEADWAY. Same as Headroom. HEALING. Roofing; the
covering of a building by any system ; local in parts of Great Britain. ..."
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