tombstone
/ˈtuːmstoʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
noun
A crashdump.
noun
An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
noun
A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.
noun
A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
Example Sentences
- "True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her."
- "If you attempt to restore a backup that is older than the tombstone lifetime, it may introduce objects that were deleted […]"
- "This actually results in a crash dump, which is written to the log and to a tombstone file."
- "The last bit of information on each tombstone is an accession number—an alphanumeric block that is assigned when an object is added (accessioned) to the museums’ collections."
- ""[…] Pity we're not both same size, or I'd steal one of your shirts, for I buried the last of mine yesterday, and here's the tombstone," producing a pawnbroker's duplicate."
- "Before the contest even started, Slater went down hard in a warmup session. He took a two-wave hold-down in the semifinals, his board tombstoning eerily for all to see, […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtuːmstoʊn/
- British English: /ˈtuːmstəʊn/