graveyard
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grave·yard
(grāv′yärd′)n.
1. A burial ground; a cemetery.
2. A place where worn-out or obsolete objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.
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graveyard
(ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd)n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) a place for graves; a burial ground, esp a small one or one in a churchyard
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grave•yard
(ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd)n.
1. cemetery.
2. a place in which obsolete or derelict objects are kept: an automobile graveyard.
[1765–75]
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graveyard
noun cemetery, churchyard, burial ground, charnel house, necropolis, boneyard (informal), God's acre (literary) They made their way to the graveyard to pay their respects to the dead.
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Translations
مَدْفَنمَقْبَرَه
hřbitov
kirkegårdbegravelsesplads
hautausmaa
groblje
kirkjugarîur, grafreitur
墓地
묘지
pokopališče
kyrkogård
สุสาน
nghĩa trang
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
graveyard
[ˈgreɪvjɑːrd] n → cimetière mgraveyard shift n (US) → équipe f de nuitto work the graveyard shift → faire partie de l'équipe de nuit
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grave1
(greiv) noun a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried. He laid flowers on the grave.
ˈgravedigger noun a person whose job is digging graves.
ˈgravestone noun a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written.
ˈgraveyard noun a place where the dead are buried.
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graveyard
→ مَدْفَن hřbitov kirkegård Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio hautausmaa cimetière groblje cimitero 墓地 묘지 kerkhof gravlund cmentarzysko cemitério кладбище kyrkogård สุสาน mezarlık nghĩa trang 墓地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
graveyard
n. cementerio, camposanto.
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