graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd How to pronounce graveyard (audio)
Synonyms of graveyardnext
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard

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reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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The casualties of picking wrong fill the YC fintech graveyard. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Back home, women prepare chapatis and visit graveyards carrying flowers and prayers for deceased relatives. — Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026 For the three children of the stranger who had returned to seek refuge, fifteen years had passed between the collective joy of independence and the personal tragedy of burying their father in a graveyard already full of their uncles’ memories. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 More than 80 years after the end of World War II, one of Europe’s largest wartime graveyards is once again emerging from the water. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for graveyard

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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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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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