Grave and Graveyard

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

Usage example: the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

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

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

Graveyard noun - A piece of land used for burying the dead.

Usage example: reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone

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Grave and graveyard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Graveyard".

Nearby Word: grave

old	old grave	old graveyard
certain	certain grave	certain graveyard
dying	dying grave	dying graveyard
deep	deep grave	deep graveyard
Other adjectives: open, empty, small, actual, big, dark, main, secret, ancient, new, makeshift, hidden, titular, memorial, said, nearby, frozen.

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