Can and Grave

Can

Can noun - A metal container in the shape of a cylinder.

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Grave and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Can".

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

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Can and grave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

old	old can	old grave
original	original can	original grave
single	single can	single grave
open	open can	open grave
Other adjectives: empty, small, actual, big, infamous, new, nearby.

The Legend of Zelda features a six-screen graveyard where you can get multiple Ghinis (one of the series' earliest undead creatures) from touching one grave.

Source: Clown-Car Grave
If the Doctor can be considered to have a weapon, it's this trope when he visits his own grave and finds the TARDIS is the grave marker.

Source: Weapon Tombstone
In the same episode he is seen emerging from an open grave saying that "no one can say that I don't own John Larroquette's spine".

Source: Grave Robbing

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