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gravestead

noun

Etymology

From grave + stead.

  1. inherited from *stéh₂tis✻
  2. inherited from *stadiz✻
  3. inherited from stede
  4. inherited from sted
  5. compounded as gravestead — “grave + stead”

Definitions

  1. The place where a grave or graves are located

    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!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA