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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King