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graveyard

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grave·yard  (grvyärd)
n.
1. A burial ground; a cemetery.
2. A place where worn-out or obsolete equipment or objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

graveyard [ˈgreɪvˌjɑːd]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.graveyardgraveyard - a tract of land used for burials    
potter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

graveyard
noun cemetery, churchyard, burial ground, charnel house, necropolis, boneyard (informal), God's acre (literary) They made their way to the graveyard to pay their respects to the dead.
Translations
graveyard [ˈgreɪvjɑːd]
A. Ncementerio m, camposanto m
B. CPD graveyard shift N (esp US) → turno m de noche, turno m nocturno

graveyard [ˈgreɪvjɑːrd] ncimetière m
graveyard shift n (US)équipe f de nuit
to work the graveyard shift → faire partie de l'équipe de nuit

graveyard [ˈgreɪvˌjɑːd] ncimitero
graveyard [ˈgreɪvˌjɑːd] ncimitero

graveyard مدفن hřbitov kirkegård Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio hautausmaa cimetière groblje cimitero 墓地 묘지 kerkhof gravlund cmentarzysko cemitério кладбище kyrkogård สุสาน mezarlık nghĩa trang 墓地


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I feel as if something was reaching out of the graveyard to hold me-- something that wanted life--I don't like it--let's hurry.
In the middle of the graveyard stood a stone church with a green cupola where he used to go to mass two or three times a year with his father and mother, when a service was held in memory of his grandmother, who had long been dead, and whom he had never seen.
So they followed and heard the music grow lively, saw the banners wave in the breeze again when the graveyard was passed, and watched the company file into the dilapidated old church that stood at the corner of three woodland roads.
 
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