gravestone
Plot's permanent label
A gravestone is a stone marker placed at a burial site, inscribed with the deceased person's name, dates, and sometimes an epitaph.
The terms gravestone, headstone, and tombstone overlap considerably, though headstone specifically marks the head of a grave and tombstone may refer to a larger monument.
We found our ancestor's gravestone in the old cemetery.
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
burial · interment · exhumation · necropolis · crypt · vault · tomb · barrow
Structure honoring someone remembered
- markerSomething that signals location
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
shrine · cenotaph · obelisk · stele · plaque · tribute · keepsake · commemoration
Text honoring the deceased
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- letteringStyled written characters
- nameIdentifying word for someone
- dateSpecific day or outing
birth · death · dedication · commemoration · tribute · homage · quotation · saying
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
condolences · funeral · eulogy · lamentation · tears · wake · shiva · widow
Boundless temporal existence
- immortalityExemption from death
- restCessation of activity
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- heavenSky or bliss
soul · spirit · departed · deceased · remembrance · legacy · undying · everlasting
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
graveyard · burial · interment · exhumation · necropolis · crypt · vault · tomb · barrow · cairn
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
- markerSomething that signals location
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
remembrance · shrine · cenotaph · obelisk · stele · plaque · tribute · keepsake · commemoration · relic
epitaph
Text honoring the deceased
date · birth · death · dedication · commemoration · tribute · homage · quotation · saying · RIP
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
remembrance · condolences · funeral · eulogy · lamentation · tears · wake · shiva · widow · orphan
eternity
Boundless temporal existence
- immortalityExemption from death
- restCessation of activity
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
heaven · soul · spirit · departed · deceased · remembrance · legacy · undying · everlasting · perpetuity
- A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley
- cemeteryheadstone, headstones, graves, tombstone, tombs
- death symbolsskull, skeleton, coffin, tombstone, headstone
- gravesheadstones, tombstones, headstone, burial sites, tombstone
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
- death carefuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
gravestonebirth certificate
Official record of arrival
cradle · baptismal font · womb · christening gown · baby announcement
gravestonemausoleum
Monumental building for interment
tomb · pyramid · crypt · memorial chapel · cenotaph
gravestoneunmarked grave
Burial site without identification
mass grave · cremains · sea burial · sky burial · potter's field
- gravestone rubbingCopying grave inscriptions manually
- gravestone inscriptionsText on burial markers
- gravestone carvingsInscriptions on burial markers