How to pronounce “tombstone”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
• (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
• (computing, Microsoft Windows) A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
• (computing) A crashdump.
• (cardiology) An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
• (journalism) A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.
• (art) A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
• (slang, archaic) A pawnbroker's ticket.
• [Verb]
• (UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
• (surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
• (transitive, computing, Microsoft Windows) To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

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