gravesite

or grave-site

[ greyv-sahyt ]

noun

1. the site of a grave or graves; a place of burial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravesite¹

First recorded in 1950–55; grave ¹( def ) + site ( def )

Example Sentences

She puts flowers on his gravesite every Memorial Day.

From Salon

Though you start out on the relatively moribund Gravesite Plains, illuminated faintly by a sickly green-yellow light cast from the shadowy Scadutree looming in the dark sky, traveling in any direction quickly diversifies the aesthetic palette.

From New York Times

They said cellphone evidence showed David Pagniano was in the gravesite area days before his wife went missing and the night of the kidnapping.

From Seattle Times

“When you visit a gravesite of a family member — it’s going to sound strange to you — but you say three Hail Marys. And that’s what I was doing at the site.”

From Seattle Times

County Board of Supervisors moved toward making a county historical landmark of the Altadena gravesite of Owen Brown.

From Los Angeles Times