Synonyms for graveyard

Grammar : Noun

Spell : greyv-yahrd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd

Définition of graveyard

Origin : 1773, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c.1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.

noun burial area

Example sentences :

And he stood there lookin', and he says to me: 'No, Katy, that is a graveyard.'
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

On walks along the waterfront he would treat it all like a graveyard.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

So you stop away from school, and I find you in the graveyard!
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

But he rather liked to visit the graveyard on Sunday afternoons.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Kendrick, I wasn't so far off when I talked about that graveyard trip, eh?
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The graveyard is a ridiculous place for anybody to be, but I shall be there—and soon.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Excuse me, Mr. Bangs, but have you been spendin' this lovely forenoon in the graveyard?
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"We run afoul of each other over to the graveyard," he grunted.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He turned away at last, and was leaving the graveyard, when some one touched him on the arm.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

Start the first fire directly beyond the graveyard to the east.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

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