churchyard
gb/t͡ʃˈɚt͡ʃjˌɑɹd/ us/t͡ʃˈɚt͡ʃjˌɑɹd/
B2
Anglais
~ 8100
Sens
0 sens
Nom
B2
entity
1
Ground around a church with graves
The land around a church where people are often buried and where you can see graves or stones.
Schéma d’usage :
in the [churchyard]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes use "churchyard" to mean any place around a church, including the car park or garden, but it usually suggests the area with graves and tombstones. Another common confusion is between "churchyard", "graveyard", and "cemetery": all are burial places, but "churchyard" and "graveyard" are typically next to a church, while a "cemetery" may be separate from any church. Also, some learners mistakenly write it as two words ("church yard"); the correct form is one word: "churchyard".
Synonymes
graveyard (Very close in meaning, but a graveyard is often specifically next to a church; in modern use it can sometimes be interchangeable with churchyard.)
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cemetery (A more general word for a burial ground, not necessarily next to a church building.)
Collocations
old churchyard
|village churchyard
|quiet churchyard
|churchyard wall
|churchyard gate
|buried in the churchyard
Thèmes
religion
|places
|death
|law
Exemples
- They placed fresh flowers on her grave in the churchyard.
- The old churchyard was filled with leaning headstones and tall grass.
- From the window you could see the churchyard stretching down to the river.
- Tourists wandered quietly through the churchyard, reading the names on the stones.
- The path to the front door runs along the edge of the churchyard.
Exemples pédagogiques
- There is a small churchyard behind the church.
- My grandparents are buried in the churchyard of the village church.
- Children played quietly in the churchyard after the service.
- We walked through the churchyard and looked at the old stones.
- The churchyard is very quiet at night.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
churchyard
API
GB/t͡ʃˈɚt͡ʃjˌɑɹd/
US/t͡ʃˈɚt͡ʃjˌɑɹd/
Syllabes et accentuation
church - yard (2 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (church)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: churchyard
- Plural: churchyards
Famille de mots
Expressions
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