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# churchyard

noun (a churchyard, churchyards)

«churchyard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The land around a church, often with a graveyard where people are buried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#m1)
2. (in stories) A quiet, sometimes spooky place with gravestones, trees and old walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons gravestones in churchyards give clues about people of the past (names, ages, families). In ghost stories churchyards are spooky at night. Phrases: in the churchyard, churchyard wall, churchyard yew.

### Examples

- The old yew tree stands in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x1)
- We read the names on the gravestones in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x2)
- My great-grandparents are buried in the village churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x3)
- The children walked past the dark churchyard at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x4)
- The churchyard wall is covered in moss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x5)
- Snowdrops grow in the churchyard in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x6)
- Now we are in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/#x7)

### Note

One word. Similar: graveyard (any burial ground), cemetery (a large burial ground not always beside a church). Be quiet and respectful in churchyards.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «churchyard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchyard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churchyard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churchyard.html) on Mova free.