graveˈ-digger noun

grave goods plural noun (archaeology)

Artefacts (eg pottery, jewellery, weapons) put into a grave along with the corpse

graveˈ-maker noun (Shakespeare)

A grave-digger

graveˈside noun

The area around a grave (also adjective)

graveˈstone noun

A stone placed as a memorial at a grave

graveˈ-wax noun (obsolete)

Adipocere

graveˈyard noun

A burial ground

graveyard shift noun (slang)

A work shift starting at midnight or during the night

dig one's own grave

To do something that brings misfortune on oneself

turn in one's grave

(of a dead person) to be disturbed from one's rest by an occurrence that would have been particularly distressing to one's living self

with one foot in the grave

1. On the brink of death
2. Very ill and/or old