churchyard

noun

Definition of churchyardnext
1
as in cemetery

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2
as in backyard

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Recent Examples of churchyard Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for his funeral. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Workers buried long lengths of pipe in the churchyard, to soak up some of the naturally present warmth in the ground. — Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025 As befits the setting of an old stone church with a shadowy churchyard, theological themes surface concerning everything from faith to resurrection to desecration to the nature of miracles. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for churchyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchyard
  1. cemetery
  2. backyard
  3. catacombs
  4. garden
  5. graveyard
  6. dooryard
  7. campus
Noun
  • For King, The American Legion volunteers’ clean-up efforts honored the veterans buried at the cemetery and showed him those individuals have not been forgotten.
    — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The cemetery Zosia was found in no longer exists on any maps, nor is it referenced in historical records.
    — Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cemetery
Noun
  • The first instance happened Wednesday, when the woman was picking up cat toys in the backyard of her Palmdale home.
    — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The world’s next high-tech gold rush might start with a tiny organism clinging to a backyard rock.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of backyard
Noun
  • But passing motorists largely knew nothing of the collection of handmade replica of catacombs, Biblical scenes and Israelite villages beneath it.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Avedon, whose work and career had a big influence on Hujar early on, had produced a series of images of the Palermo catacombs in 1959.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of catacombs
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  • Investor and Reddit cofounder Ohanian offered a tour of his family farm in Jupiter, Florida, in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, showing off banana shoots, an herb garden, and apiary.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Hosta leaves grow quickly and can rapidly mask the look of fading bulbs and add color to your garden.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of garden
Noun
  • Another recurring ingredient is goopher dust, which consists of soil collected from graveyards.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • With a few wonderful exceptions that proved the rule (The Good Place, New Girl), the network sitcom landscape of the 2010s was a graveyard of glib titles, gimmicky premises, and mercifully short runs.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of graveyard
Noun
  • These are often called dooryard violets and the Latin name is viola sororia.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house.
    — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
Definition of dooryard
Noun
  • As with any student absence or off-campus activity during the school day, the district may address routine campus operational matters, including attendance, student safety and meal-service procedures.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Its biggest success so far is facilitating the development of Oracle and OpenAI’s fifteen-billion-dollar data-center campus in Port Washington, a small town in southeastern Wisconsin.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of campus

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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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