graveyard
noun
a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.
graveyards
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pluralof graveyard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Until now, however, scientists have lacked a reliable way to determine how the remains of extinct megafauna and other animals accumulated, survived, and changed inside these submerged graveyards.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The subtropical southern Japanese region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral, but a 2024 marine heatwave created "graveyards" of ghostly pale or sickly brown organisms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The silent ground of our national graveyards is sacred space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Wall Street’s graveyards are filled with analysts who have insisted that they would.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Chicago’s newspapers reported ghoulish tales of doctors raiding graveyards.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
