Graveyard

/ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/

Synonyms for "graveyard" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
burial groundcemeterynecropolis

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
burial placeburial siteburial-action siteburial-ground siteburying ground

Related words (7)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

6 entries
burial placecollectioncultural siteland sitesitestorage facility

More specific

5 entries
churchyarddumpfamily graveyardjunkyardnational cemetery

Collocations

5 entries
family graveyardgraveyard shifthistoric graveyardrural graveyardurban graveyard

Inflections

1 entries

Translations

6 translations across 6 languages.

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Danish

1 entries
  • kirkegård noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kerkhof noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hautausmaa noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Greek

1 entries
  • νεκροταφείο noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Russian

1 entries
  • кла́дбище noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Spanish

1 entries
  • cementerio noun (final storage place for collections of things no longer used)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours.

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Working so long on the graveyard shift made his health suffer badly.

Source: tatoeba (278103)

He was buried in this graveyard.

Source: tatoeba (289962)

They buried him in the graveyard by the church.

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