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graveyard.

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/General-American
  1. A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

  2. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.

    broadly · figuratively
  3. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. The discard pile, in some trading card games.

    broadly · figuratively
  4. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.

    broadly · figuratively
  5. A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.

    attributive
    graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch
  6. Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).

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