graveyard

Other forms of graveyard

plural

graveyards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about graveyard

What does graveyard mean?

graveyard means "a tract of land used for burials".

How many syllables are in graveyard?

graveyard has 2 syllables: gra-veyard. The stress falls on "gra". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪˌvjɑɹd/.

What is another word for graveyard?

Close synonyms include cemetery, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is graveyard a common word?

graveyard is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.