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[ greyv-yahrd ] / ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR graveyard ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery. Informal. graveyard shift. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard. Origin of graveyardFirst recorded in 1765–75; grave1 + yard2 Words nearby graveyardgraveside, gravesite, gravestone, Gravettian, grave-wax, graveyard, graveyard orbit, graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard stew, graveyard watch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for graveyardToday, a forlorn air hangs over Santa Maria degli Angeli, like a graveyard where ghosts are buried. The Venetian Nuns Who Ditched Their Habits for High Fashion|Liza Foreman|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn If your fridge is a graveyard of expired foods, listen up. Can This Device Save You From Food Poisoning?|DailyBurn|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST On August 16, 1876, the chapel and its graveyard, Campo Santo, opened. The Sacrificial Limbs of New Orleans|Nina Strochlic|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST From whales to ships to unlucky explorers, the Skeleton Coast has become the graveyard of many. Namibia’s Spooky Skeleton Coast|Nina Strochlic|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A man took the bus home from the graveyard shift, bone-tired but dreaming big dreams for his son. Full Text of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address||January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Barely discernible, on the sand, a quarter of a mile east of Graveyard Point where the wreck had struck, was a dark body. The Flying Death|Samuel Hopkins Adams And, looking down, we can see a peaceful gentleman sitting on a bench in St. Paul's graveyard, reading a book. Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley He was much astonished at my story, and said that he was sorry I had not asked him to accompany me, as he knew the graveyard well. The Somnambulist and the Detective|Allan Pinkerton We took our dinners with us an' et 'em on the graves in the graveyard back the church. The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond It was a winding road, and about a hundred paces further on, it turned to the right to the graveyard. Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky
British Dictionary definitions for graveyard
nouna place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to graveyardcemetery, burial ground, necropolis, boneyard, charnel house, memorial park |