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graveyard

UK
/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/
US
/ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/

Traduzioni

graveyardnoun
graveyards
pl
UK
/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/
US
/ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/
The old church had a graveyard filled with ancient tombstones.
La vieille église avait un cimetière rempli d’anciennes pierres tombales.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
cimetièreDans les jeux de cartes ou de plateau, zone des cartes ou pièces défaussées.
cimetièreAu sens figuré, pour un lieu où l’on entasse des objets obsolètes ou délaissés.
Sinonimi
burial ground
cemetery
memorial park
resting place
grave
necropolis
graveyardadjective
UK
/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/
US
/ˈɡreɪvjɑrd/
Used attributively (e.g., 'graveyard shift'); allows limited comparatives.
funèbrePour décrire un silence, une atmosphère ou un lieu extrêmement silencieux et lugubre.
A graveyard silence fell over the hall.
Un silence funèbre s’abattit sur la salle.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
de nuitS’emploie surtout dans l’expression « graveyard shift » pour parler du travail de nuit.
Sinonimi
sepulchral
funereal
deathly
tomblike
tomb-like
mournful
somber
sombre
eerie
ghostly
ghastly

Definizioni

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.
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