Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A burial ground; a cemetery.
- n. A place where worn-out or obsolete equipment or objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A yard for graves; an inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
Wiktionary
- n. A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
- n. figuratively, by extension A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tract of land used for burials
Examples
“The forecast, though, from the Hurricane Center is anywhere from killing this storm in what they call the graveyard of the eastern Caribbean to well into a major hurricane as we get it into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.”
“Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, today said his fighters will turn southern Lebanon into what he called a graveyard for Israeli troops.”
“Hassan Nasrallah says he wants to see an end to the violence, but if there must be a bigger battle Nasrallah vows to turn southern Lebanon into what he calls a graveyard for Israeli troops.”
“In the graveyard is a cross of a type common in many parts of the country.”
“The American political graveyard is full of people whose careers came to an abrupt end after somebody said “Define ‘unbeatable.’””
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“These belated returns are often to an Irish deathbed; the family home or graveyard is often in Tóibín's homeland of County Wexford.”
“This alien graveyard is captured in his film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006).”
“The waters along the outer arm of Cape Cod are called the graveyard of the Atlantic for good reason, yet this rescue defied all odds when thirty-two survivors were crammed into the tiny lifeboat and brought to safety Coast Guard officials later said that “the rescue is unparalleled in the entire annals of maritime history”.”
“Luckily, the graveyard is quite close to the entrance of Dire Maul, and though he put up quite a struggle, the biggest struggle we've seen ever since we vanquished Herod at level 36 before the patch that nerfed all the dungeons, we got him in the end.”
“A graveyard is not normally a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy" (p. 29).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘graveyard’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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edwardvielmetti's Words
wordhord, wordhoard, wordy, wordie, wiki, toriokyo, superpatron, vacuum, crazy, crazybusy, a2b3, 48104 and 220 more...
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No Dearth of Deadly Designations
catafalque, cenotaph, necropolis, sepulcher, sarcophagus, mausoleum, reliquary, ossuary, necrosis, cadaver, cadaverous, pyre and 103 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (G)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
gable, gaia, gala, galaxy, gallows, gambol, garden, garland, garnet, gauntlet, gazebo, gazelle and 105 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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the castle and its surrounds
labyrinth, throne room, moat, dais, throne, scullery, court, tunnel, vault, mausoleum, crypt, dungeon and 43 more...
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fantasy
masquerade, spiral, faerie, gnome, twinkle, aurora, haunt, gargoyle, passion, starshine, gargoyle, crimson and 61 more...
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Ashes to Ashes
crypt, tomb, grave, sepulcher, vault, catacomb, mausoleum, cinerarium, ossuary, urn, headstone, barrow and 20 more...
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Geevarghese's Words
Tweets
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reesetee Ha! When I was a kid, this concoction was called a "suicide." Of course, there were far fewer soda types around then--and "graveyard" is a better (though not much) word to describe it. Oct 28, 2007
trivet Very popular with 12-year-olds on field trips... Oct 28, 2007
skipvia I discovered an interesting meaning of this term the other day. Apparently, it means to create a mixed beverage using every one of the self-serve soda faucets (what do you call those, anyway?) at the convenience store. Oct 28, 2007