graveside

American  

[greyv-sahyd] / ˈgreɪvˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the area beside a grave.

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adjective

1. being or conducted beside a grave.

   a graveside funeral service.

Etymology

Origin of graveside

First recorded in 1830–40; grave ¹ + side ¹

Example Sentences

For Det Insp Friend and her team, that promise made by Callum's graveside in 2021 had been fulfilled.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

Daniel arrives for a graveside memorial service, but no one is present except a priest.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

She will be buried after a private graveside service on a plot the couple will share, visible from the front porch of the home they built before Jimmy Carter’s first political campaign in 1962.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Ahlam Ayoub, the dead girls’ aunt, sat among a group of teary-eyed women, her voice low, almost soothing, as she addressed one of her slain nieces at the graveside in a one-way conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

There, at graveside services, they recited the Lord’s Prayer.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote