headstone
nounUK /ˈhɛd.stəʊn/
US /ˈhɛd.stoʊn/
A stone that marks where a person is buried.
We placed flowers by the headstone in the old churchyard.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The stone at the top or end of a wall or row of bricks.
The mason set a smooth headstone at the end of the garden wall.
3. A cornerstone or the main stone at the head of a building.
The headstone of the old barn bore the year it was built.
4. A stone placed at the head of a bed or drain channel.
Water flowed from the headstone into the narrow ditch.