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grave yard

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun grave yard has 1 sense
  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis - a tract of land used for burials
    --1 is a kind of site, land site
    --1 has particulars: potter's field

Definitions from the Web

grave yard

Definition: A piece of land, typically located near a church, where dead bodies are buried.


Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

Popular Usage: Referring to a cemetery.

Example Sentence: The family visited the grave yard to pay their respects to their ancestors.


Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Popular Usage: Used to describe an eerie or somber atmosphere similar to that of a cemetery.

Example Sentence: The abandoned house had a grave yard silence that sent shivers down my spine.


Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1:

Local Usage: Referring to the act of burying someone.

Example Sentence: We had to grave yard our beloved pet in the backyard.


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