Graveyard (Noun)
Meaning
A tract of land used for burials.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The family would visit their grandfather's tomb in the local graveyard on holidays to leave flowers.
- We strolled hand-in-hand through the creepy graveyard on the hill overlooking town, not feeling frightened by its decrepitude.
- Late-night fright-lovers regularly infiltrate the abandoned graveyard hidden off Jefferson Street.
- Despite rumors to the contrary, Mary felt total peace during her midnight stroll through the dimly-lit graveyard.
- The beautiful Victorian-era graveyard covered over a block of city real estate, teeming with antique headstones that leaned in every direction.