graveyard

grave·yard

G0240900 (grāv′yärd′)n.1. A burial ground; a cemetery.2. A place where worn-out or obsolete objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

graveyard

(ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard

grave•yard

(ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd)

n. 1. cemetery. 2. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard. [1765–75]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

graveyard - a tract of land used for burials burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolispotter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent peopleland site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

graveyard

noun cemetery, churchyard, burial ground, charnel house, necropolis, boneyard (informal), God's acre (literary) They made their way to the graveyard to pay their respects to the dead.

Translations

墓地

grave¹

(greiv) noun a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried. He laid flowers on the grave. 墳墓 坟墓ˈgravedigger noun a person whose job is digging graves. 掘墓人 掘墓人ˈgravestone noun a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written. 墓碑 墓碑ˈgraveyard noun a place where the dead are buried. 墓地 墓地

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