grave
noun
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
gravelike
-
a word derived from
grave.
Example Sentences
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These people also appear to have buried their dogs: One was found at a site known as Stilwell II, and four at a site called Koster, curled up in individual gravelike pits.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 5, 2018
While the commission maintained its gravelike silence, one of the commissioners, U. S. District Judge Paul John McCormick, returned to his Los Angeles home for the holidays.
From Time Magazine Archive
At two strategic places on the rim of California's San Joaquin Valley, men kneel in gravelike pits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Opening from it on both sides are many smaller ditches; and connecting with these are little gravelike depressions two or three feet long and as close together as can be.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
I heard the door clang to; the rusty lock screeched venomously, and then I was alone in gravelike silence.
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Charles Major
