graveyard
Betekenis (Engels)
- A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
- (broadly, figuratively) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
- (broadly, figuratively) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
- (attributive) A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
- (US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
Sinonieme
God’s acre
burying ground
cemetary
burial site
burial place
burial-ground
potter’s field
burying-ground
boot hill
buryingground
dusties
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/
Etimologie (Engels)
From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).
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