graveyard
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/
The English word “graveyard” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
- A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
- The discard pile, in some trading card games.
- A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
- A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
- Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
Etymology
From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).
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