graveyard

UK: /ˈgreɪvjɑː^rd/ US: /ˈgreɪvˌjɑrd/ ,(grāv′yärd′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

grave•yard /ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd/   n. [countable]

1. cemetery.
2. a place in which old or abandoned objects are kept:
   an automobile graveyard.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

grave•yard  (grāv′yärd′), n. 

1. a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.
2. Informal Terms See graveyard shift. 
3. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept:
   an automobile graveyard.

• grave¹ + yard² 1765–75

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graveyard / ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd/ noun

1. a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard