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/grayv"suyd'/, n.1. the area beside a grave.adj.2. being or conducted beside a grave: a graveside funeral service.[1830-40; GRAVE1 + SIDE1]
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graveside — ☆ graveside [grāv′sīd΄ ] n. the area alongside a grave adj. being, or taking place, beside a grave … English World dictionary
graveside — grave|side [ˈgreıvsaıd] n at the graveside beside a ↑grave, especially when someone is being buried there >graveside adj [only before noun] … Dictionary of contemporary English
graveside — [[t]gre͟ɪvsaɪd[/t]] gravesides N COUNT: usu sing, oft at N You can refer to the area around a grave as the graveside, usually when you are talking about the time when someone is buried. Both women wept at his graveside … English dictionary
graveside — UK [ˈɡreɪvˌsaɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms graveside : singular graveside plural gravesides the area beside a grave where someone is buried … English dictionary
graveside — noun Date: 1838 the area beside a grave < at graveside > … New Collegiate Dictionary
graveside — noun (singular) at the graveside beside a grave, especially when someone is being buried there … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
graveside — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the space beside a grave; especially : the point at which mourners gather by the grave at the time of a burial only graveside services were held … Useful english dictionary
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graveside — noun The area immediately around a grave … Wiktionary
graveside — grave|side [ greıv,saıd ] noun count the area beside a GRAVE where someone is buried … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
