Definition of "headstone" []

• A memorial stone set at the head of a grave. (noun)
• Architecture See keystone. (noun)

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• ""I don't know what [my headstone] is going to [say], but it will have enough information for people to know who I am.""
• "It's not just the dogs: The whole place has an air of lunacy, beginning with the fact that some time ago its superintendent was convicted of stealing $175,000 in headstone fees for the purpose of, among other things, purchasing racehorses."
• "Think about it: a cemetery — I mean a really old cemetery, not these new “memorial parks” where every headstone is flat to the ground and they all look the same — is really a museum without walls."