graveyard

[ greyv-yahrd ]

/ ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd /

a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.

Informal. graveyard shift.

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

Origin of graveyard

First recorded in 1765–75; grave¹ + yard²

Today, a forlorn air hangs over Santa Maria degli Angeli, like a graveyard where ghosts are buried.

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By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn If your fridge is a graveyard of expired foods, listen up.

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On August 16, 1876, the chapel and its graveyard, Campo Santo, opened.

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From whales to ships to unlucky explorers, the Skeleton Coast has become the graveyard of many.

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A man took the bus home from the graveyard shift, bone-tired but dreaming big dreams for his son.

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Barely discernible, on the sand, a quarter of a mile east of Graveyard Point where the wreck had struck, was a dark body.

The Flying Death |Samuel Hopkins Adams
And, looking down, we can see a peaceful gentleman sitting on a bench in St. Paul's graveyard, reading a book.

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He was much astonished at my story, and said that he was sorry I had not asked him to accompany me, as he knew the graveyard well.

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We took our dinners with us an' et 'em on the graves in the graveyard back the church.

The Brass Bound Box |Evelyn Raymond
It was a winding road, and about a hundred paces further on, it turned to the right to the graveyard.

Crime and Punishment |Fyodor Dostoevsky

graveyard

/ (ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd) /

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