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graveyard

/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/

/ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/

Translations

graveyardnoun

graveyards

/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/

/ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/

The old graveyard is located on the outskirts of the town.

Старое кладбище находится на окраине города.

Synonyms

burial ground

resting place

memorial park

graveyardadjective

/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/

/ˈɡreɪvjɑrd/

Used attributively (e.g., 'graveyard shift'); allows limited comparatives.

Synonyms

graveyardnoun

A burial ground, especially one attached to a church.

The old church had a graveyard filled with ancient tombstones.

A place where obsolete or discarded objects are collected or stored.

The junkyard was a graveyard for old cars and machinery.

In certain card or board games, the pile or zone where discarded cards or pieces are placed.

After the spell resolved, she put it into her graveyard.

graveyardadjective

Extremely quiet, lifeless, or evocative of death, like a graveyard (often attributive).

A graveyard silence fell over the hall.

Occurring during the late-night hours when most people are asleep (usually in the phrase "graveyard shift").

She pulled the graveyard shift at the hospital all week.