Graveyard
11graveyard — noun Date: 1761 1. cemetery 2. something resembling a graveyard < an automobile graveyard > …
12graveyard — /grayv yahrd /, n. 1. a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery. 2. Informal. See graveyard shift. 3. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile… …
13graveyard — noun Graveyard is used before these nouns: ↑shift …
14graveyard — grave|yard [ˈgreıvja:d US ja:rd] n 1.) an area of ground where people are buried, often next to a church →↑cemetery, churchyard ↑churchyard 2.) a place where things that are no longer wanted are left ▪ a graveyard for old cars 3.) a place where… …
15graveyard — noun (C) 1 an area of ground where people are buried, often next to a church compare cemetery, churchyard 2 a place where things that are no longer wanted or useful are left: a graveyard for old cars …
16graveyard — noun he visits the graveyard every Sunday Syn: cemetery, burial ground, burying ground, necropolis, columbarium, memorial park/garden; informal boneyard; historical potter s field …
17graveyard — grave•yard [[t]ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd[/t]] n. 1) cemetery 2) a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard[/ex] • Etymology: 1765–75 …
18graveyard — 1. adj. Gloomy. 2. graveyard cough Serious cough …
19graveyard — See auto graveyard …
20Graveyard shift — means a shift of work running through the early hours of the morning, especially one from midnight until 8 am. There is no certainty as to the origin of this phrase; according to Michael Quinion it is little more than an evocative term for the… …
