Graveyard
['greɪvjɑːd] or ['ɡrevjɑrd]
Definition
(n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
Edited by Abraham
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial-ground, burying-ground.
Edited by Adela
Examples
- They showed us a miniature cemetery there--a copy of the first graveyard that was ever in Marseilles, no doubt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Within a hundred yards of it is the original graveyard, for aught I know; the tombstones lie flat on the ground, which is Jewish fashion in Syria. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The spirit of Grimes was upon me, and if I had had a graveyard I would have destroyed all the infidels in Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It rises dark from the stony enclosure of its graveyard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And the only way he could get to know anatomy as he did, was by going to snatch bodies at night, from graveyards and places of execution. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is very suggestive of the unhealthiness of underground graveyards as places of residence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But soon this running of the horse became monotonous, and after a while all fears of graveyards absolutely disappeared from my system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mosques are plenty, churches are plenty, graveyards are plenty, but morals and whiskey are scarce. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Julia