graveyard
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graveyard
- /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/ US
Where it comes from
From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).
noun graveyards
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A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
Similar: boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, camposanto, cemetery, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead, graveyard, kirkyard, lichyard
- A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. They're all out on this southbound odyssey / And the train pulls out of Kankakee / Rolls past the houses, farms, and fields / Passing towns that have no name / And freight yards full of old black men / And the graveyards of rusted automobiles.
- The discard pile, in some trading card games. Certain cards place other cards here because such cards might have abilities deemed too strong if they sent them to the graveyard instead.
- A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
- A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity. graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch
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Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
Similar: suicide
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: burial ground, burying ground, cemetery, necropolis, burial site, grave, gravesite, burial, tomb, funeral, graves, team, ruin, shrine, gilbert, cemeteries
Translations
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noun final storage place for collections of things no longer used
| Español | cementerio |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | νεκροταφείο nekrotafeío |
| Русский | кла́дбище kládbišče |
noun tract of land in which the dead are buried
| Español | cementerio, campo santo, camposanto, panteón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 묘지 myoji, 묘원 myowon |
| 日本語 | 墓 haka, 墓地 bochi, 霊園 reien, 墓場 hakaba, 化野 adashino, 墓園 boen |
| 中文 | 公墓 墓地 gōngmù, 墳地 /坟地 féndì |
| हिन्दी | क़ब्रिस्तान qabristān, गोरिस्तान goristān, समाधिक्षेत्र samādhikṣetra |
| Kiswahili | makaburi |
| Português | cemitério |
| Français | cimetière |
| Deutsch | Friedhof, Kirchhof, Begräbnisplatz, Gottesacker, Leichenhof |
| Italiano | cimitero, camposanto, sepolcreto |
| Ελληνικά | κοιμητήριο koimitírio, νεκροταφείο nekrotafeío, κοιμητήρι koimitíri |
| Română | cimitir, țintirim |
| Русский | кла́дбище kládbišče, пого́ст pogóst |
| Tiếng Việt | nghĩa trang, nghĩa địa, bãi tha ma |
| العربية | مَقْبَرَة maqbara, مَقْبُرَة maqbura, مَدْفِن madfin, جَبّانة jabbāna, تُرْبَة turba |
| עברית | בֵּית קְבָרוֹת béit k'varót, בֵּית עוֹלָם béit olám |
Talk about this word "graveyard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/graveyard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. graveyard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/graveyard "graveyard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/graveyard.Cite this
@misc{graveyard_2026,
title = {graveyard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/graveyard},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
