Gravesend

American  

[greyvz-end] / ˌgreɪvzˈɛnd /

noun

1. a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.

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Gravesend British  

/ ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd /

noun

1. a river port in SE England, in NW Kent on the Thames. Pop: 53 045 (2001)

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Example Sentences

She had always been there, for as long as he’d been taking the N between Union Square and his home in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

From Literature

The usual dead would try anyway to get his attention: Mrs. Abulafia, who refused to move on because she liked to watch the pigeons and keep tabs on her grandchildren, or Anthony Janszoon van Salee, the early Gravesend settler, who Boaz had made the mistake of interviewing for a history project and who now accosted him at every available opportunity to regale him with more stories and gossip that had gone stale four hundred years ago.

From Literature

Hila used to talk about getting a house in Gravesend, something large enough that Boaz and his mother could just move in with her.

From Literature

Boaz struggled to stay awake as the N jerked its way back to Gravesend.

From Literature

He’d walk back to Gravesend himself if that was what it took.

From Literature