tombstones

Cemetery stone slabs

Tombstones are stone markers placed at graves, typically inscribed with the deceased's name, birth and death dates, and sometimes an epitaph: We wandered through the old cemetery reading tombstones.

In finance, a tombstone is a print advertisement announcing a completed deal—the blocky, text-heavy format resembles a grave marker.

The verb tombstone means to dive into water feet-first with arms at your sides, body rigid like a tombstone.

grave

headstone

Memorial slab marking burial

burial · inscription · memorial · granite · marble · plot · graveyard · engraving · mourning · resting place

computing

dead code

Program logic never executed

deleted · obsolete · artifact · leftover · remnant · migration · database · cleanup · unused · stale

typography

dingbat

Decorative printing symbol

symbol · rectangle · substitution · encoding · rendering · display · character · block · square · text

pizza

frozen pizza

Pre-made pie, stored cold

crust · topping · convenience · supermarket · Kraft · original · supreme · cardboard · microwave · cheese

Categories
Opposites
life and death markers

tombstonesbirth certificates

Documents proving nativity

cradles · baptismal fonts · baby announcements · nurseries · maternity wards

memorial permanence

tombstonesunmarked graves

Burial sites without identification

cremation urns · sea burials · sky burials · memorial trees

burial monument scale

tombstonesmausoleums

Large ornate burial buildings

pyramids · unmarked graves · crypts · cenotaphs · national monuments

Phrases
Family

tombstone, tombstoning, tombstoned

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG