graveyard
A tract of land in which the dead are buriedA tract of land in which the dead are buried.
» He was buried in this graveyard.
Er wurde auf diesem Friedhof begraben.
Он был похоронен на этом кладбище.
Meaning
6 sensesA tract of land in which the dead are buried.
Friedhof, Kirchhof, Begräbnisplatz
кла́дбищеkládbišče, пого́стpogóst, кирку́тkirkút
цви́нтарcvýntar, кладо́вищеkladóvyšče, кла́довищеkládovyšče
a tract of land used for burials
(broadly, figuratively)A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
кла́дбищеkládbišče
A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
(broadly, figuratively)The discard pile, in some trading card games.
(broadly, figuratively)A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
(attributive)A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch
(US, slang)Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
Examples
55 sentencesHe was buried in this graveyard.
ruОн был похоронен на этом кладбище. — marafon
deEr wurde auf diesem Friedhof begraben. — pne
This place looks like a graveyard.
ruЭто место похоже на кладбище. — marafon
Tom doesn't like working the graveyard shift.
ruТом не любит работать в ночную смену. — odexed
Several famous people are buried in this graveyard.
Have you ever walked through a graveyard at midnight?
ruТы когда-нибудь шёл в полночь через кладбище? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“gFrom grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).
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Forms
plural: graveyards| Singular | graveyard |
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