Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A burial ground; a cemetery.
- noun A place where worn-out or obsolete objects are kept.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yard for graves; an inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tract of
land in which thedead areburied . - noun figuratively, by extension A final
storage place for collections of things that are no longeruseful oruseable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
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Examples
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The forecast, though, from the Hurricane Center is anywhere from killing this storm in what they call the graveyard of the eastern Caribbean to well into a major hurricane as we get it into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.
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Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, today said his fighters will turn southern Lebanon into what he called a graveyard for Israeli troops.
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Hassan Nasrallah says he wants to see an end to the violence, but if there must be a bigger battle Nasrallah vows to turn southern Lebanon into what he calls a graveyard for Israeli troops.
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In the graveyard is a cross of a type common in many parts of the country.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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This alien graveyard is captured in his film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006).
Spread ArtCulture: Interview with Edward Burtynsky: Photographing a Planet on the Edge Spread ArtCulture 2010
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This alien graveyard is captured in his film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006).
Spread ArtCulture: Interview with Edward Burtynsky: Photographing a Planet on the Edge Spread ArtCulture 2010
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The American political graveyard is full of people whose careers came to an abrupt end after somebody said “Define ‘unbeatable.’”
Marist: Chuckie Schumer (D, NY) dropped seven points since September. | RedState 2010
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This alien graveyard is captured in his film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006).
Spread ArtCulture: Interview with Edward Burtynsky: Photographing a Planet on the Edge Spread ArtCulture 2010
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These belated returns are often to an Irish deathbed; the family home or graveyard is often in Tóibín's homeland of County Wexford.
The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín – Review Hermione Lee 2010
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This alien graveyard is captured in his film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006).
Spread ArtCulture: Interview with Edward Burtynsky: Photographing a Planet on the Edge Spread ArtCulture 2010
skipvia commented on the word graveyard
I discovered an interesting meaning of this term the other day. Apparently, it means to create a mixed beverage using every one of the self-serve soda faucets (what do you call those, anyway?) at the convenience store.
October 28, 2007
trivet commented on the word graveyard
Very popular with 12-year-olds on field trips...
October 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word graveyard
Ha! When I was a kid, this concoction was called a "suicide." Of course, there were far fewer soda types around then--and "graveyard" is a better (though not much) word to describe it.
October 29, 2007