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单词 graveyard
释义

graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd How to pronounce graveyard (audio)
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard

Synonyms

  • boneyard
  • cemetery
  • God's acre
  • memorial park
  • necropolis
  • potter's field
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Example Sentences

reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd How to pronounce graveyard (audio)
: cemetery

graveyard

noun

as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cemetery
  • churchyard
  • boneyard
  • necropolis
  • tomb
  • mausoleum
  • memorial park
  • catacombs
  • crypt
  • potter's field
  • sepulcher
  • grave
  • God's acre
  • vault
  • sepulchre
  • sepulture
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