graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 

1

: cemetery

2

: something resembling a graveyard

an automobile graveyard

Synonyms of graveyard

• cemetery

Examples of graveyard in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Ayers has a plus arm and has plus power, flashing it more in the Arizona Fall League last year (where his exit velocity peaked at 111 mph) than in the regular season, since Myrtle Beach is a graveyard for would-be home runs. —Keith Law, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026

And again the morgues and graveyards of Iran received fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. —Azar Nafisi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026

While a failure to properly passivate the spacecraft could not be ruled out, McDowell notes that a possible debris impact could suggest that the space debris environment in GEO, and the graveyard orbit above it, is worse than previously believed. —Andrew Jones, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026

These trees, this graveyard, her walk among them mocked that memory. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing graveyard

• graveyard shift
• whistle past the graveyard

Rhymes for graveyard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

graveyard

noun

grave·​yard -ˌyärd 

: cemetery