The word 'tombstone' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to the stone marker at the head of a grave, or when talking figuratively about a reminder of something in the past. Example sentence: We looked sadly at the old tombstone, mourning the life of our beloved grandmother.
"And shmuel died and all of Israel mourned him," it reads on Samuel Sarphati's tombstone just outside of Amsterdam.
"What is going to be on your tombstone?" Amid renewed laughter Chile's future head of state replied using his full name: "Here lies Salvador Allende Gossens, future president of Chile".
The winning piece was a large tombstone themed on climate change, blackened by oil and carrying the words "Lest we forget those who denied".
Allende equally jokily chimed in: "Young man, do you know what's going to be on my tombstone?" "No, doctor," I replied politely.
The fact that there were also the names of six prominent climate sceptics on the tombstone led the Telegraph newspaper to denounce it as "tasteless" and "obnoxious", and for one of those named, Christopher Monckton, to claim the artwork constituted a death threat.
In Yangon a splendid tombstone was designed for him.Correction: This article originally referred to Yangon as Myanmar's capital.
And please leave a small tombstone near home.
He laid down that his tombstone should record three achievements: his authorship of the Declaration of Independence; the statute of religious freedom in his home state of Virginia; and the establishment of the University of Virginia. Nobodyquestions Jefferson's decisive part in establishing liberty of belief.
IT MUST be the shortest-lived tombstone in history.
IN A corner of the immaculate lawn of Mt Nebo Missionary Baptist Church, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, lies a long tombstone adorned with fresh flowers.
Abbas Ganji, a master painter and former member of the Islamic militia, points to his favourite design: a tombstone symbolising the fallen Soviet Union, with the inscription, 1917-1990.
