graveyard

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grave·yard | \ ˈgrāv-ˌyärd

Definition of graveyard

1 : cemetery

2 : something resembling a graveyard an automobile graveyard

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reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone

Recent Examples on the Web The search led to the discovery in 1985 of a skeleton in a Brazilian graveyard that was determined to be Mengele’s. — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021 The World Trade Center was built on ground that had been a graveyard of slaves, many of whom were Muslim. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021 Gray slept approximately 100 times while on duty during patrol graveyard shifts between 2008 and 2013. — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2021 In addition to the graveyard, researchers at the site found remnants of Neolithic and Roman settlements, including shards of ceramic vessels and a blue glass bead. — Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2021 To support her children, Madelaine worked graveyard shifts for 17 years at Palomar Hospital. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021 Still, the company says the machine shouldn’t be sent to the product graveyard. — Miho Inada, WSJ, 13 July 2021 Hardly the graveyard of empires as its mythology boasts, Afghanistan's valleys have been a stomping ground for cruel and powerful conquerors, who hacked, raped, stole and burned, then moved on, finding no good reason to stay. — George Stanley, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021 It’s a pitcher’s ballpark, widely known to be a graveyard for hitters. — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021

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