Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The place where a grave is located.
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- noun The location of a
grave - noun A grave.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The gravesite is identical to that of his brother Robert.
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The gravesite is identical to that of his brother Robert.
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The proposed gravesite is 95 feet south of the grave of the late Senator Robert Kennedy.
Source: Army has approached Kennedy family about burial at Arlington 2009
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The proposed gravesite is 95 feet south of the grave of Sen. Robert Kennedy, the official said.
Kennedy makes final visit to brother's presidential library 2009
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The gravesite is identical to that of his brother Robert.
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This story begins 50 years ago this month when Mel Magnuson heard from area rabbit hunters that a tombstone stood in North Aurora; the alleged gravesite is located about a quarter-mile south of Butterfield Road, to the west of Mitchell Road.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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The probable gravesite is north of Route 13 and easily accessible from the road.
Flynn, Sean L. 1991
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The probable gravesite is north of Route 13 and easily accessible from the road.
Stone, Dana H. 1970
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The only one with really any flourish, any sense of a-ha, I ` m here, is Dillinger ` s gravesite, which is -- it ` s in Indianapolis ` Crown Hill National Cemetery, a vast cemetery, and it ` s a four-foot obelisk with the name "Dillinger" and two ivy-like decorative flourishes.
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 2004
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They told us that all that was in the gravesite were these teeth.
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