grave marker

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveandmarker

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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marker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.kər/us
/ˈmɑːr.kɚ/
a sign that shows where ...
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(Definition ofgraveandmarkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave marker

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He claimed in a 1910 interview that he was born in 1869, and this is the year listed on hisgravemarker.
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He finds thegravemarker, flies into a rage, wakes them up and demands to know where the cat is.
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A late 11th- to early 12th-centurygravemarkeris incorporated above the keystone of the blocked south doorway of the nave.
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The road layout was changed, the grave was restored and thegravemarkerreplaced in 2012.
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His family placed agravemarkeron the site in 1907.
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Because this remained a family secret, even hisgravemarkershowed the 1912 birthdate.
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The obituary states that he died at age 66, which verifies the birth year on hisgravemarkerof 1936.
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Each grave was identified with a whitewashed, woodengravemarker.
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Hisgravemarkerreflects the date listed on his draft registration.
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A late 11th- or 12th-centurygravemarkerlies against the east wall of the chancel.
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His parents had these last words recorded on hisgravemarker.
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Plans to erect a memorialgravemarkerwere not carried out.
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Its date of establishment is uncertain; its earliestgravemarkerdates to 1790.
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Elsewhere, a rare 19th-century woodengravemarkerhas been restored to its original condition.
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The earliestgravemarkerwith a death date is from 1807.
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Thegravemarkerwas lost during construction work at part of the kirkyard in 1932.
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There is nogravemarker, so the exact burial site is not known.
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