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Meanings of graveyard in English
A tract of land used for burials.
Synonyms
Examples for "cemetery"
Examples for "cemetery"
1
A BOMB exploded early this morning outside a cemetery in west London.
2
The dedication of the new cemetery at Gettysburg had been important, therefore.
3
New urban cemetery land is limited and regulations regarding cemeteries are complex.
4
And there were many new graves in the cemetery on the hill.
5
So the cemetery site was way out of town, said Ms Edmonds.
1
In the churchyard John Sterling's grave and the grave of the Rev.
2
At length the mourners reached the churchyard and gathered around the grave.
3
The old trees in the churchyard cast their shade over ancient graves.
4
The grass in the churchyard sparkled with the fairy film of gossamers.
5
He was buried in Chiswick churchyard, near the grave of William Hogarth.
1
They echoed throughout the necropolis, accompanied by a louder crash of stone.
2
The whole population of the necropolis made their living out of the dead.
3
The damage to the basilica and the necropolis can be repaired.
4
The necropolis was the burial site for courtiers and high-ranking officials.
5
The camera pointing into the main necropolis revealed nothing but darkness.
1
They went to a Viking burial site on Man associated with sacrifice.
2
At the burial site, the other two orange trucks were already parked.
3
Tamhlacht means a mass burial site for plague or famine victims.
4
The mound in Fernleigh-Over is probably an Indian burial site of some antiquity.
5
Was it a burial site or, as many suggest, a place of worship?
1
I didn't enjoy all the excitement about the burial ground, of course.
2
Only at the extreme end of the burial ground did it pause.
3
Either way, the Abenaki's complaint about a burial ground had been valid.
4
Through an open archway to the east we enter the burial ground.
5
It made you want to tread carefully, as at any burial ground.
1
In recent years, the burying ground had become popular with Chinese tourists.
2
There was a small and very ancient-looking burying ground on the point.
3
Four men stood inside the rusted fence of the Bonecutter burying ground.
4
The burying ground, said Frater Antony, was a short distance into the desert.
5
This burying ground will be referred to hereafter; so do not forget it.
1
Present to your community some needed memorial park, building, or other monument.
2
The memorial park was a verdant green field surrounded by trees bright with new spring growth.
3
The RSA is opposing the building of the country's first memorial park to wartime conscientious objectors.
4
The RSA is opposing the planned site of the country's first memorial park to wartime conscientious objectors.
5
The memorial park was officially opened at the weekend to acknowledge the centenary of the First World War.
Usage of graveyard in English
1
The Buso live in the great branching trees and in the graveyard.
2
The graveyard of Canada in Flanders is large; it is very large.
3
It is a myth that health is a graveyard of political careers.
4
You are in the graveyard of all the emotions of the earth.
5
I remember the graveyard I believe you know my name it's Mary.
6
The Dinosaur graveyard is said to be home to hundreds of specimens.
7
Horror of the author aroused in contemplation of the lonely mountain-top graveyard.
8
Inside the Gardner museum, two young security guards worked the graveyard shift.
9
He knew she meant to ask, in the graveyard of the family.
10
They dove into the site's online graveyard to research companies to include.
11
This was the pets' graveyard, the place that was special to Juniper.
12
He buried them in a graveyard near the house later that evening.
13
We buried her and her husband in the graveyard yonder. He pointed.
14
The king agreed, and so the princess was taken to the graveyard.
15
They discussed it in the car on the way to the graveyard.
16
Out in the graveyard lies one who could have made me happy.
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