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Tombstone

/tˈuˌmstoʊn/
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(noun) A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

They set up a tombstone over the grave overlooking the harbor.
What will you have engraved on your tombstone?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The dates of his birth and his death were clearly engraved on the grey stone ____ in the quiet old cemetery today.

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