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grave·yard

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–noun

1.	a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.

2.	Informal. graveyard shift.

3.	a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

[Origin: 1765–75; grave¹ + yard²

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grave·yard Audio Help (grāv'yärd') Pronunciation Key
n.

A burial ground; a cemetery.
A place where worn-out or obsolete equipment or objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

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graveyard
noun
a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery]

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ˈgraveyard noun

a place where the dead are buried

Arabic:	مَقْبَرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	墓地
Chinese (Traditional):	墓地
Czech:	hřbitov
Danish:	kirkegård; begravelsesplads
Estonian:	surnuaed
Finnish:	hautausmaa
French:	cimetière
German:	der Friedhof
Greek:	νεκροταφείο
Hungarian:	temető
Icelandic:	kirkjugarður, grafreitur
Indonesian:	kuburan, pemakaman
Italian:	cimitero
Japanese:	墓地

Korean:	묘지
Latvian:	kapsēta
Lithuanian:	kapinės
Norwegian:	kirkegård, gravlund
Polish:	cmentarz
Portuguese (Brazil):	cemitério
Portuguese (Portugal):	cemitério
Romanian:	cimitir
Russian:	кладбище
Slovak:	cintorín
Slovenian:	pokopališče
Spanish:	cementerio
Swedish:	kyrkogård, begravningsplats
Turkish:	mezarlık