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I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.
Boyd Holbrook

Meaning of "graveyard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAVEYARD

graveyard  [ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAVEYARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Graveyard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRAVEYARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

graveyard

Cemetery

A cemetery, or graveyard is a spatially defined area where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground. The older term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but primarily referred to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave", a mausoleum, columbarium, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas have been filled.

Definition of graveyard in the English dictionary

The definition of graveyard in the dictionary is a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRAVEYARD


ballyard
ˈbɔːlˌjɑːd
barnyard
ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd
boneyard
ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd
brickyard
ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd
churchyard
ˈtʃɜːtʃˌjɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
dockyard
ˈdɒkˌjɑːd
dooryard
ˈdɔːˌjɑːd
farmyard
ˈfɑːmˌjɑːd
feedyard
ˈfiːdˌjɑːd
junkyard
ˈdʒʌŋkˌjɑːd
kirkyard
ˈkɜːkˌjɑːd
lumberyard
ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd
saleyard
ˈseɪlˌjɑːd
shipyard
ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd
steelyard
ˈstiːlˌjɑːd
stockyard
ˈstɒkˌjɑːd
tanyard
ˈtænˌjɑːd
timberyard
ˈtɪmbəˌjɑːd
woodyard
ˈwʊdˌjɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAVEYARD

gravelly
gravely
graven
graven image
graveness
Gravenhage
graveolent
graver
graverobber
Graves
Graves´ disease
Gravesend
graveside
gravesite
gravestone
Gravettian
graveward
graveyard orbit
graveyard shift
graveyard slot

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAVEYARD

back yard
backyard
Bayard
beeyard
coal yard
foreyard
in one´s own back yard
kaleyard
lanyard
Layard
mooseyard
naval dockyard
navy yard
railway yard
Savoyard
schoolyard
scrapyard
timber yard
vineyard
yard

Synonyms and antonyms of graveyard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRAVEYARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «graveyard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of graveyard

Translation of «graveyard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAVEYARD

Find out the translation of graveyard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of graveyard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «graveyard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

墓地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cementerio
570 millions of speakers

English

graveyard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कब्रिस्तान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَدْفَن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кладбище
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cemitério
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কবরখানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cimetière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kubur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Friedhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

墓地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

묘지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuburan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghĩa trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடுகாட்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्मशानभूमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mezarlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cimitero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cmentarzysko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кладовище
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cimitir
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκροταφείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

begraafplaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kyrkogård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gravlund
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of graveyard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVEYARD»

The term «graveyard» is very widely used and occupies the 21.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVEYARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «graveyard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «graveyard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about graveyard

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10 QUOTES WITH «GRAVEYARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word graveyard.
1
Tina Brown
An enormous number of mothers in the U.S. are working double time, graveyard shifts, and more than one job just to put food on the table for their kids.
2
Alexander Cockburn
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
3
Whitey Herzog
Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.
4
Boyd Holbrook
I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.
5
Boyd Holbrook
I unloaded planes for UPS in Louisville, Kentucky. It only was bad because it was called 'Earn to Learn,' where you pay for your tuition for college, but you have to work graveyard shift - midnight to eight A.M. - and then go to school at nine or 10 A.M. I was a zombie after two semesters.
6
Robert Jackson
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
7
Myles Munroe
Don't die old, die empty. That's the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.
8
Conor Oberst
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
9
Lewis Gordon Pugh
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
10
Colin Quinn
I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAVEYARD»

Discover the use of graveyard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to graveyard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Graveyard Book
And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal and is a Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel.
Neil Gaiman, 2009
2
The Graveyard Book
Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.
Neil Gaiman, 2008
3
Whistling Past the Graveyard
"Fleeing her strict grandmother's home in 1963 Mississippi, 9-year-old Starla Claudelle becomes an unlikely companion to an African-American woman at whose side she learns harsh lessons about period segregation and family.
Susan Crandall, 2014
4
A Graveyard Preservation Primer
Includes assessing the problem, collecting data, cleaning and maintaining the site, and caring for gravestones.
Lynette Strangstad, 1995
5
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
“How we got to where we are in Afghanistan.”—Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal This definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan “[zeroes] in on what went awry after America’s successful routing of the Taliban ...
Seth G. Jones, 2010
6
Graveyard: More Terrifying Than Stephen King - Because It's ...
The authors of The Haunted recount horrifying stories about a centuries-old Connecticut graveyard, including the tale of the murderer who put his victim's body in a sink hole and watched as the body rose up and revealed itself. Reprint.
Ed Warren, Lorrainne Warren, 1993
7
Elephant's Graveyard
"Elephant's Graveyard is the unfortunately true story of Mary, an elephant who went berserk during a parade through the middle of a small town in Tennessee in 1916.
George Brant, 2010
8
Bats in the Graveyard
An older boy dares Sam and Simon to meet him and his friends inside the graveyard on Halloween night.
Sharon Jennings, 2006
9
The Ghost and the Graveyard
Left destitute by her unscrupulous ex-boyfriend, Grateful Knight accepts her father's offer of a rent-free house despite the fact that a graveyeard touches the home's back door.
Genevieve Jack, 2012
10
To the Elephant Graveyard
An evocative account of life among the Khasi tribe in a remote region of India describes a people whose culture is intimately bound to the area's elephants, but this peaceful coexistence between human and animal is endangered by a killer ...
Tarquin Hall, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAVEYARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term graveyard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tales from Scott Walkers graveyard
Scott Walker's path to the 2016 presidential race is littered with the bones of vanquished opponents. Since 1990, the Wisconsin governor's ... «Politico, Jul 15»
2
Government foils separatists' march to martyrs' graveyard
The state government today foiled the proposed joint march of the separatists to martyrs' graveyard by imposing restrictions in the old Srinagar ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Ridiculous graveyard rules and a lack of respect
IS TOWER Hill Cemetery, in David Cameron's constituency, the only one in the whole country where you have to make an appointment to visit ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
4
The Morning Skate: Goalie Graveyard returns, Caps crumble, UFC's …
It was our old pal Brian Burke who tabbed this market as a goalie graveyard. The reality is goaltender is always going to be a focus on a ... «The Province, Jul 15»
5
Incredible photos of some of the 150 US WWII aircraft lying in the …
Incredible photos of some of the 150 U.S. WWII aircraft lying in the Airplane Graveyard in the Pacific. Jul 12 2015 - 4 Comments · By David Cenciotti ... «The Aviationist, Jul 15»
6
For a day, politicians will replace pigeons at Martyrs' Graveyard
For 76-year-old Abdus Sattar Malik of Rainawari here, feeding pigeons at nearby Martyrs' Graveyard has been a routine for the past many ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
7
Charity set up for upkeep of graveyard in Carmarthen
The Church in Wales (CIW) is taking the step to ensure owner Aaron Hill maintains the newer graveyard at the church on Picton Terrace. Mr Hill ... «Carmarthen Journal, Jul 15»
8
Yasin Malik placed under house arrest ahead of march to martyrs …
Malik and other separatist leaders were scheduled to lead a proposed rally from the Grand Mosque to martyrs's graveyard at Khanqah ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
9
Summer at Graveyard Point
The bears just added to the run down, barren feel of Graveyard Point, the abandoned salmon cannery that serves as home base for about 120 ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
10
Mowing the Graveyard: John Peter Altgeld
This story is going to go backward. It starts with a great man—one of the most famously loved and hated men of his time—and trace him back to ... «Richland Source, Jul 15»

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