Headstone — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

a stone that is used to mark a grave

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɛdstoʊn/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛdstəʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛdstəʊn/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɛdstoʊn/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gravestone key tombstone keystone

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Grabstein

der zentrale Baustein an der Spitze eines Bogens oder Gewölbes

🇫🇷French

pierre tombale

le bloc de construction central au sommet d'un arc ou d'une voûte

🇪🇸Spanish

lápida mortuoria

el bloque de construcción central en la parte superior de un arco o bóveda

🇮🇹Italian

lapide

l'elemento centrale nella parte superiore di un arco o di una volta

🇳🇱Dutch

grafsteen

de centrale bouwsteen bovenaan een boog of gewelf

🇵🇹Portuguese

lápide

o bloco de construção central no topo de um arco ou abóbada

🇷🇺Russian

надгробие

центральный строительный блок наверху арки или свода

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क़ब्र का पत्थर

किसी मेहराब या तिजोरी के शीर्ष पर स्थित केंद्रीय भवन खंड

🇧🇩Bengali

হেডস্টোন

একটি খিলান বা ভল্টের শীর্ষে কেন্দ্রীয় বিল্ডিং ব্লক

🇮🇳Tamil

தலைக்கல்

ஒரு வளைவு அல்லது பெட்டகத்தின் உச்சியில் உள்ள மைய கட்டிடத் தொகுதி

🇮🇳Telugu

శిలాఫలకం

వంపు లేదా ఖజానా పైభాగంలో సెంట్రల్ బిల్డింగ్ బ్లాక్

🇮🇳Marathi

हेडस्टोन

कमान किंवा वॉल्टच्या शीर्षस्थानी मध्यवर्ती इमारत ब्लॉक

🇮🇳Gujarati

હેડસ્ટોન

કમાન અથવા તિજોરીની ટોચ પર કેન્દ્રિય બિલ્ડિંગ બ્લોક

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಲೆಗಲ್ಲು

ಕಮಾನು ಅಥವಾ ವಾಲ್ಟ್‌ನ ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಬಿಲ್ಡಿಂಗ್ ಬ್ಲಾಕ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

തലക്കല്ല്

ഒരു കമാനത്തിൻ്റെയോ നിലവറയുടെയോ മുകളിലുള്ള സെൻട്രൽ ബിൽഡിംഗ് ബ്ലോക്ക്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਿਰ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ

ਇੱਕ arch ਜਾਂ ਵਾਲਟ ਦੇ ਸਿਖਰ 'ਤੇ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ ਬਲਾਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہیڈ اسٹون

محراب یا والٹ کے اوپری حصے میں مرکزی عمارت کا بلاک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

墓石

拱门或拱顶顶部的中央构件

🇯🇵Japanese

墓石

アーチまたはアーチの上部にある中央の建築ブロック

🇰🇷Korean

주춧돌

아치나 둥근 천장 꼭대기에 있는 중앙 빌딩 블록

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bia mộ

khối xây dựng trung tâm ở trên cùng của một vòm hoặc vòm

🇹🇭Thai

ศิลาฤกษ์

ตึกกลางที่ด้านบนของซุ้มประตูหรือห้องนิรภัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

nisan

blok bangunan pusat di bagian atas lengkungan atau kubah

🇵🇭Filipino

lapida

ang gitnang bloke ng gusali sa tuktok ng isang arko o vault

🇲🇾Malay

batu nisan

blok bangunan pusat di bahagian atas gerbang atau bilik kebal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شاهد القبر

كتلة البناء المركزية في الجزء العلوي من القوس أو القبو

🇮🇷Persian

سنگ قبر

بلوک ساختمان مرکزی در بالای یک طاق یا طاق

🇹🇷Turkish

mezar taşı

bir kemerin veya tonozun tepesindeki merkezi yapı taşı

🇮🇱Hebrew

מצבה

אבן הבניין המרכזית בראש קשת או קמרון

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