Gravestead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery.

    "And that's why the wild flowers cluster On his gravestead — there — so thick!"

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cemeterygraveyardnecropolis

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"And that's why the wild flowers cluster On his gravestead — there — so thick!"

Etymology

From grave + stead.

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