Noun: graveyard 'greyv,yaa(r)d
- A tract of land used for burials
"The old graveyard was filled with ornate headstones";
- cemetery, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis, boneyard [informal]
- A final resting place for something that is obsolete, broken or no longer useable
"Off the shore of Staten Island rests a veritable graveyard of decommissioned, scrapped, and abandoned ships"; "Afghanistan has been known over the years as the graveyard of empires"
Derived forms: graveyards
Encyclopedia: Graveyard