# graveyard

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/ · frequency rank #13,729

## Definitions
1. A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
2. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
3. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
4. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
5. A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
6. Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).

## Etymology
From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`garveyard`, `ggraveyard`, `graevyard`, `graveayrd`, `graveyadr`, `graveyardd`, `graveyarrd`, `graveyrad`, `graveyyard`, `gravveyard`, `gravyeard`, `grraveyard`, `grvaeyard`, `rgaveyard`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/graveyard