grave marker
Stone identifying deceased
A grave marker is a stone, plaque, or other monument placed at a burial site to identify the deceased.
Markers range from simple flat stones to elaborate headstones and may include the person's name, dates of birth and death, and inscriptions: We searched the cemetery for our grandmother's grave marker.
Memorial slab marking burial
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- steleInscribed memorial pillar
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
cross · slab · footstone · cenotaph · memorial stone · pillar · column · tablet
Text honoring the deceased
- letteringStyled written characters
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- chiseledSharply cut, well-defined
- etchedCarved into a surface
name · date · dedication · script · calligraphy · quote · verse · birth date
Place for interring remains
- churchyardBurial ground beside chapel
- burial groundLand for interring remains
- memorial parkLandscaped burial grounds
- necropolisAncient cemetery complex
plot · family plot · potter's field · columbarium · mausoleum · crypt · national cemetery · pet cemetery
headstone
Memorial slab marking burial
plaque · cross · slab · footstone · cenotaph · memorial stone · pillar · column · tablet · cairn
epitaph
Text honoring the deceased
etched · name · date · dedication · script · calligraphy · quote · verse · birth date · death date
cemetery
Place for interring remains
- churchyardBurial ground beside chapel
- burial groundLand for interring remains
- memorial parkLandscaped burial grounds
necropolis · plot · family plot · potter's field · columbarium · mausoleum · crypt · national cemetery · pet cemetery
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- legacyWhat's passed down
memory · ancestry · genealogy · heritage · deceased · obituary · eulogy · homage · ancestors · mourning
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
sandstone · slate · fieldstone · concrete · wood · iron · weathered · mossy · lichen · polished
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- stone monumentsobelisk, monolith, menhir, dolmen, stele
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, burial, headstones, headstone
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- cemeteryheadstone, headstones, graves, tombstone, tombs
- gravesheadstones, tombstones, headstone, burial sites, tombstone
grave markercoffin
Burial container for remains
casket · burial vault · urn · burial shroud
grave markerbirth certificate
Official record of arrival
birth announcement · baby book · naming ceremony · birthstone · welcome sign
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