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Search option Results found in English Dictionary Wiki: A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones. It is usually located near and administered by a church. The word graveyard stems from the Anglo-Saxon words ""graf"" meaning a pit, and ""yairden"" meaning garden or open place Since the mid-19th century, the term cemetery has become a more popular label for most burying grounds.
Example: Freddys been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasnt been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours. Working so long on the graveyard shift made his health suffer badly. He was buried in this graveyard . They buried him in the graveyard by the church. This cemetery even has its own site, and there is a page “News” on it! Can you fancy news from the graveyard ?! Have you ever walked through a graveyard at midnight? The stories that circulated about the old graveyard were contradictory, but nevertheless made your heart freeze. Tom doesnt like working the graveyard shift. And Mary was buried in the rural graveyard , under the shadow of the belfry tower. Never in all my life have I seen such a dreary graveyard .
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