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graveyard

/ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/noun2 syllables

Graveyard means: a tract of land used for burials.

Synonyms for graveyard14

noun, as in a tract of land used for burials

cemetery, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis

also used for graveyard

boneyard, Boot Hill, camposanto, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead, suicide

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What does graveyard mean?1

noun

1

a tract of land used for burials

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Graveyard in a sentence

  • If you visit a graveyard at night, you'll meet a ghost.rul
  • Working so long on the graveyard shift made his health suffer badly.unknown
  • He wants to be buried in this graveyard.Conjuice
  • They buried him in the graveyard by the church.CS
  • Have you ever walked through a graveyard at midnight?darinmex
  • I met with the undertaker at the graveyard.DuosDragonPolyglot
  • I want you to stop frequenting the graveyard at night.unknown
  • My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.Hybrid

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Forms of graveyard

as a noun

plural
graveyards