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graveyard

graveyard /ˈgreɪvˌjɑɚd/ noun
plural graveyards
graveyard
/ˈgreɪvˌjɑɚd/
noun
plural graveyards
Learner's definition of GRAVEYARD
[count]
: a place where people are buried : cemetery墓地;公墓
Graveyard usually refers to a small cemetery, such as one that is next to a church.通常指小墓地,如教堂附近的公墓。
: a place where old things are left or thrown away垃圾场;废物堆积处

whistle past the graveyard

see 2whistle
BNC: 9850 COCA: 9979

graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd How to pronounce graveyard (audio)
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: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard

Example Sentences

reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
Recent Examples on the Web Conducting his research for the People’s Linguistic Survey of India, Mr. Devy said, was like walking into a graveyard littered with corpses. New York Times, 11 June 2022 Coming on the heels of a year in which filmgoers seemed more fragmented than ever, what was intended as a stirring call to arms couldn’t help but sound like someone whistling past a graveyard. Ann Hornaday, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2022 That should have been evident when his front yard was turned into a graveyard for NFL quarterbacks. Dan Kadar, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021 This person who is coming into this graveyard is not coming as an enemy, ready to kill. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2021 So many of her people succumbed during the pandemic that the tribe enlarged its graveyard. Eli Cahan, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 The trailer then laces clips of the friend group riding their bikes in the middle of the night, a rollerskating rink, an intense shootout, and a clip of a woman levitating at a graveyard. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022 Geelani, who died late Wednesday at age 92, was buried in a quiet funeral at a local graveyard organized by authorities under harsh restrictions, his son Naseem Geelani told The Associated Press. NBC News, 2 Sep. 2021 Say a little prayer for every person whose grid has become a graveyard of their past relationships. Glamour, 31 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of graveyard was in 1761
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