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graveyard Definition

grave·yard (grāv′yärd′)

noun

a burial ground; cemetery

graveyard Synonyms

graveyard

n.

burial ground, churchyard, memorial park, necropolis, God's acre; see also cemetery.

graveyard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • overcrowd: Indeed, by the 1850s there was widespread concern over the " threat to health and decency " caused by the overcrowded graveyards.
  • overgrow: I led a community project with the Princes Trust, clearing an overgrown graveyard which was thought to be used by drug users.
  • surround: The upper parts of the surrounding graveyard offer some magnificent views of this end of the island.
  • visit: Whenever I've visited this quaint graveyard there have always been the remnants of such a wreath.
  • enter: He also felt the presence of spirit children when he first entered the graveyard.

Preposition: at

night: What happends in the book is Tom and Huck go into the graveyard at night to cure warts.

Adjective modifier

  • ancient: A visit to Dunblane's magnificent Cathedral would be incomplete without a wander round its ancient graveyard.
  • historic: The Howff burial ground is a historic graveyard given to the people of Dundee by Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • old: Should Brackley's old graveyard be turned into a skate park?
  • quiet: Our ghost-hunting investigations thus far have involved meandering around quiet graveyards at night taking digital photos of orbs.
  • former: The best view of the church with its tower is now from the bypass that cuts through its former graveyard.

Modifies a noun

  • shift: Would love to see him working the graveyard shift at some 7/11.
  • slot: Season Two ran on Carlton alone in the same graveyard slot in 1996.
  • extension: Conifers around edge of graveyard extension south of church.
  • scene: The graveyard scene at the end of the play is one of the finest pieces of writing I have ever read.
  • wall: Close to the church entrance is a pathway, which runs past the side of the graveyard wall.

Noun used with modifier

  • famine: Day 6 - Donegal to Galway We head south through county Sligo which inspired the writing of WB Yeats and visit a famine graveyard.
  • parish: The remains of Preston Church are in the parish graveyard which lies about 600m south west of the village of Preston.
  • church: Be buried in the family plot in the church graveyard.

Preposition: of

church: Across the path to the E, the detached graveyard of the church, entered through a small Jacobean gateway crowned with three obelisks.