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gravestead

gravestead noun: the place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery.

Noun

gravestead (plural gravesteads)

  1. The place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery.
    • And that's why the wild flowers cluster On his gravestead — there — so thick!1886, Two tramps, Low down: wayside thoughts in ballad and other verse

Forms of gravestead

pluralgravesteads

Origin of gravestead

From grave + stead.

Questions about gravestead

What does gravestead mean?
Gravestead means the place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery.
What part of speech is gravestead?
Gravestead is a noun.
What is the plural of gravestead?
The plural of gravestead is gravesteads.

Words near gravestead in the dictionary

  1. Graveson
  2. gravest
  3. gravestand
  4. gravestanding
  5. gravestands
  6. gravestead
  7. gravesteads
  8. gravestone
  9. gravestoned
  10. gravestones
  11. gravestood

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