what is a graveyard?
1. graveyard-a tract of land used for burials. burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis. potter's field-a cemetery for unknown or indigent people. land site, site-the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); a good site for the school.oun cemetery, churchyard, burial ground, charnel house, necropolis, boneyard (informal), God's acre (literary) They made their way to the graveyard to pay their respects to the dead.