From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtombstonetomb‧stone /ˈtuːmstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable] MXa stone that is put on a grave and shows the dead person’s name, dates of birth and death etc SYN gravestone
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tombstone• She might have been reading from a tombstone.• The churchyard yews cast long sinister shadows over the drunken tombstones.• When you go to the cemetery next, you can see his tombstone just down from my own.• A forest of tombstones covers its hills and dales.• In earlier times carved or painted tombstones had occasionally been used.• Christabel's tombstone leaned over at a slight angle.• His name is misspelled on the tombstone.TombstoneTombstone a city in Arizona in the US, where the gunfight at the OK Corral took placeFrom Longman Business Dictionarytombstonetomb‧stone /ˈtuːmstəʊn-stoʊn/ noun [countable] informalFINANCEMARKETING an advertisement in a newspaper that lists the banks that are taking part in a share or bond ISSUEThe company reserves the right to publish a tombstone recording the completed transaction. 