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graveyard
[greyv-yahrd]
noun
a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.
Informal.graveyard shift.
a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept.
an automobile graveyard.
graveyard
/ ˈɡɪˌɑː /
noun
a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard
Word History and Origins
Origin of graveyard1
Example Sentences
Shedde says the industry's growth has also been stymied by the "lack of aggressive ambition" and the absence of a film distribution system meant that, for decades, India was the "graveyard of good cinema".
BBC News has come to Pipestone Creek to witness the sheer scale of this prehistoric graveyard and see how researchers are piecing together the clues.
The room was decked with Ukrainian, Turkish and Russian flags – two of each – and a large flower arrangement – a world away from the shattered cities and swollen graveyards of Ukraine.
"Can you imagine, they've not even spared this graveyard," she adds, pointing to a big crater nearby where a bomb exploded some months ago.
Stuck halfway out of the massive graveyard set piece, Gaga performs the song with more yearning than ever before, her agile voice rising and falling as it cascades across the desperation in her lyrics.
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