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HEADSTONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stone that is used to mark a grave

Synonyms:

gravestone; headstone; tombstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headstone" is a kind of...):

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)

stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)

Holonyms ("headstone" is a part of...):

grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The central building block at the top of an arch or vault

Synonyms:

headstone; key; keystone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headstone" is a kind of...):

building block (a block of material used in construction work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headstone"):

coign; coigne; quoin (the keystone of an arch)

Holonyms ("headstone" is a part of...):

arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)

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