graveyard

grave·yard | \ ˈgrāv-ˌyärd

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Definition of graveyard

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 Spooky Halloween scenes — featuring clowns, pirates, graveyard skeletons and more — will dot the route. — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, "The pandemic can’t stop all the Halloween fun as Irving hosts a free drive-through haunted house," 14 Oct. 2020 Two other large, disabled boats, a lighthouse tender and a minesweeper, now sit alongside the Aurora, fueling concern that the channel is becoming a graveyard for ghost ships. — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, "Shipwrecked on Little Potato Slough," 8 Oct. 2020 For some characters, the ‘80s were just the graveyard of the ‘60s. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Farewell to GLOW, a great show that deserved one final round," 6 Oct. 2020 The annual after-dark trick-or-treat opportunity has been replaced this year with a daytime stroll through the Audubon Zoo, where visitors will encounter a Halloween maze, a faux graveyard of extinct animals and other seasonal activities. — Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, "5 New Orleans haunted houses and Halloween attractions 2020: Prepare to be scared," 6 Oct. 2020 If neighboring Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, Pakistan is the black hole of foreign assistance. — Jonathan E. Hillman, WSJ, "The Imperial Overreach of China’s Belt and Road Initiative," 1 Oct. 2020 The graveyard in the city of Osaka dates back to the Edo period, according to officials. — James Rogers, Fox News, "Historic graveyard containing more than 1,500 bodies discovered in Japan," 25 Aug. 2020 More than a dozen headstones were defaced with blue paint at Austin's historic Evergreen Cemetery — the city’s first major municipal graveyard for Black residents. — Hojun Choi, USA TODAY, "Vandals deface headstones at historic cemetery for Black residents in Austin," 23 Sep. 2020 George Floyd should not be in a Pearland, Texas graveyard today lying next to his momma. — Gloria Neal, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Don’t just check on me; help me check a system that is rife with racism," 13 June 2020

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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 28 Oct. 2020.

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