graveyard

[ greyv-yahrd ]
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noun
  1. a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.

  2. Informal. graveyard shift.

  1. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

Origin of graveyard

1
First recorded in 1765–75; grave1 + yard2

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graveyard

/ (ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd) /


noun
  1. a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard

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