as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of graveyard
The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility.
—
Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2017, manufacturers in China were producing over a million bicycles each month to meet the demands of bike-sharing companies, which sadly has resulted in graveyards overflowing with hundreds of thousands of broken and unused bikes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Others climb from a coffin, creep in a graveyard, or sit on a porch swing.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for graveyard 
Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2017, manufacturers in China were producing over a million bicycles each month to meet the demands of bike-sharing companies, which sadly has resulted in graveyards overflowing with hundreds of thousands of broken and unused bikes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Others climb from a coffin, creep in a graveyard, or sit on a porch swing.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for graveyard
Thesaurus Entries Near graveyard
Cite this Entry
“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share