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graveyard

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grave⋅yard

[greyv-yahrd]
–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; grave 1 + yard 2
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grave·yard   (grāv'yärd')   
n.  
  1. A burial ground; a cemetery.

  2. A place where worn-out or obsolete equipment or objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.

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