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graveyard

English

Etymology

From grave +? yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (graveyard), Dutch begraafplaats (graveyard), Norwegian gravplass (graveyard).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /???e?v?j??d/

Noun

graveyard (plural graveyards)

  1. A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
    1. (collectible card games) The discard pile, in some trading card games.
    2. (sports) A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
  3. (US, slang) Synonym of suicide (beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain)

Synonyms

  • (land used for burial): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.

Derived terms

Translations

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cemetary

English

Noun

cemetary

  1. Misspelling of cemetery.

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