Graves

Where bodies rest

Graves is a surname, most notably associated with the English poet and novelist Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius and Goodbye to All That.

Graves' disease is a thyroid disorder named after Irish physician Robert James Graves.

Graves is also a wine-producing region in Bordeaux, France, known for dry whites and reds. (Lowercase graves refers to burial sites.)

wine

Bordeaux

French port and vineyard area

terroir · Sauternes · appellation · French wine

disease

thyroid

Hormone-producing neck gland

surname

poet

Writer of verse

Categories
Opposites
burial method

Gravescremation urns

Containers for burned remains

urns · cremations · pyres · funeral pyres · columbaria

life status symbolism

Gravescradles

Rocking infant beds

birthplaces · cribs · maternity wards · nurseries · delivery rooms

spatial orientation

Gravesskies

Atmosphere viewed overhead

heavens · towers · steeples · spires · mountain peaks

Phrases
Family

grave, graveyard, engrave, engraving, engraved, gravely, gravestone, engraver, graver

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