Associations to the word «Tombstone»

Wiktionary

TOMBSTONE, noun. A headstone marking the person's grave.
TOMBSTONE, noun. (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
TOMBSTONE, verb. (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.
TOMBSTONE, noun. A city in the south-east of Arizona.
TOMBSTONE ENGINEERING, noun. The practice of letting accidents or failures (perhaps occasioning death, but not necessarily) identify engineering problems.

Dictionary definition

TOMBSTONE, noun. A stone that is used to mark a grave.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats