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graveside

noun

grave·​side ˈgrāv-ˌsīd How to pronounce graveside (audio)
: the area beside a grave
at graveside

Examples of graveside in a Sentence

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After the service, butterflies were released at the graveside. J.m. Banks november 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Nov. 2025 The gathering, scheduled for 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 1243 Sanborn Avenue, will be followed by a graveside service on Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. at Plum Creek Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025 But, as supporters from both clubs come together at Johnson’s renovated graveside on Tuesday, there is a long-overdue appreciation and celebration of an unsung trailblazer. James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 The dissonance between their bacchanalian ritual and Adelaida’s silent, solitary suffering is marked, and the disrespect for the dead further underlined when a gravedigger tersely shoos her away from the graveside, reminding her that the area is unsafe, especially at nightfall. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for graveside

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of graveside was in 1838

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“Graveside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveside. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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