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GRAVEYARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tract of land used for burials
Synonyms:
burial ground; burial site; burying ground; cemetery; graveyard; memorial park; necropolis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("graveyard" is a kind of...):
land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graveyard"):
potter's field (a cemetery for unknown or indigent people)