graveyard
Where headstones stand
A graveyard is a burial ground for the dead, typically adjacent to a church.
The term is largely interchangeable with cemetery, though cemetery often implies a larger, independent burial ground.
Figuratively, a graveyard is where things go to die or be forgotten: a graveyard of abandoned projects, the elephants' graveyard.
The graveyard shift is the late-night work shift, roughly midnight to 8 a.m.
Place for interring remains
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- coffinBurial container for remains
casket · crypt · vault · mausoleum · interment · burial ground · urn · exhumation
Ancient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- ossuaryReceptacle for skeletal remains
sarcophagus · necropolis · pyramid · dolmen · sepulchre · cist · cromlech · reliquary
Text honoring the deceased
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- tributeOffering of respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
cenotaph · obelisk · plaque · wreath · dedication · honor · homage · inscription
Disturbingly strange
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- mistyObscured by vapor
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
weathered · moss-covered · iron gates · ravens · crows · willows · shadows · moonlit
Declared sacred through ritual
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- churchyardBurial ground beside chapel
shrine · samadhi · chapel · prayers · vigil · rites · last rites · resurrection
State of eventual death
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- solitudeState of being alone
reflection · repose · remembrance · grief · loss · ancestors · legacy · impermanence
Spanning evening to morning
- night shiftOvernight work period
- late shiftWork scheduled after dark
- third shiftOvernight work schedule
- nocturnalActive during darkness
cemetery
Place for interring remains
coffin · casket · crypt · vault · mausoleum · interment · burial ground · urn · exhumation · inhumation
tumulus
Ancient burial mound
ossuary · sarcophagus · necropolis · pyramid · dolmen · sepulchre · cist · cromlech · reliquary · mound
epitaph
Text honoring the deceased
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- tributeOffering of respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
commemoration · cenotaph · obelisk · plaque · wreath · dedication · honor · homage · inscription · marker
eerie
Disturbingly strange
overgrown · weathered · moss-covered · iron gates · ravens · crows · willows · shadows · moonlit · fog
consecrated
Declared sacred through ritual
churchyard · shrine · samadhi · chapel · prayers · vigil · rites · last rites · resurrection · afterlife
mortality
State of eventual death
solitude · reflection · repose · remembrance · grief · loss · ancestors · legacy · impermanence · eternity
overnight
Spanning evening to morning
- night shiftOvernight work period
- late shiftWork scheduled after dark
- third shiftOvernight work schedule
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- death symbolsskull, skeleton, coffin, tombstone, headstone
- Eerie Placeshaunted house, haunted mansion, haunted castle, ghost town, catacombs
- Gothicgargoyle, gothic fiction, pointed arch, gothic architecture, flying buttress
graveyardmaternity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
birthing center · nursery · delivery room · cradle · womb
graveyardbirthplace
Location of one's birth
nursery · starting line · launchpad · genesis · origin
graveyardplayground
Children's outdoor recreation space
carnival · fairground · nightclub · dance hall · amusement park
- graveyard shiftLate-night work period
- ship graveyardsSites of abandoned vessels
- whistling past the graveyardFaking calm amid fear
- elephants' graveyardLegendary mass death site
- graveyard hoursLate-night work period
- graveyard watchOvernight work hours