gravestone, headstone, tombstone
(noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tombstone (plural tombstones)
A headstone marking a person's grave.
Synonyms: headstone, gravestone
(mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
Synonym: halmos
(computing, Microsoft Windows) A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
(computing) A crashdump.
(cardiology) An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
tombstone (third-person singular simple present tombstones, present participle tombstoning, simple past and past participle tombstoned)
(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
(surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
(transitive, computing, Microsoft Windows) To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.
Tombstone
A city in southeastern Arizona.
Source: Wiktionary
Tomb"stone`, n.
Definition: A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 December 2024
(verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong; “The porters singsonged the travellers’ luggage up the mountain”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
