Associations to the word «Headstone»

Wiktionary

HEADSTONE, noun. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.

Dictionary definition

HEADSTONE, noun. The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
HEADSTONE, noun. A stone that is used to mark a grave.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope