| NOUN | artifact | headstone, keystone, key | the central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
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| artifact | headstone, gravestone, tombstone | a stone that is used to mark a grave |
| Sounds | hheh'dstow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | The central building block at the top of an arch or vault. | |
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| Synonyms | keystone, key | |
| Part of | arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Narrower | quoin, coign, coigne | The keystone of an arch |
| Broader | building block | A block of material used in construction work |
| Spanish | piedra clave | |
| Catalan | pedra clau | |
| Meaning | A stone that is used to mark a grave. | |
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| Synonyms | gravestone, tombstone | |
| Part of | grave, tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) |
| Broader | memorial, monument | A structure erected to commemorate persons or events |
| stone | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose | |
| Spanish | lápida, lápida sepulcral, losa | |
| Catalan | làpida, llosa sepulcral | |
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