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elephants' graveyards

elephants' graveyards is the plural of elephants' graveyard.

Meaning of elephants' graveyard

Noun

elephants' graveyard (plural elephants' graveyards)

  1. A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
  2. (broadly) A place where lost objects or people end up, and from which there is no escape.
    • John F. Williams, Paul Clifford. low rate, on the other hand may mean that the legal department is an "elephants' graveyard," from which no escape is possible.1984, John F. Williams, Career Preparation and Opportunities in International Law, page 94

Questions about elephants' graveyards

What is elephants' graveyards the plural of?
Elephants' graveyards is the plural of elephants' graveyard.

Words near elephants' graveyards in the dictionary

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  2. elephants in the room
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  4. elephants' ears
  5. elephants' graveyard
  6. elephants' graveyards
  7. elephanty
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