graveside

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noun

The area immediately around a grave.

OriginEnglish side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde →
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Meanings

noungraveside (plural gravesides)

plural gravesides

  1. The area immediately around a grave.

Origin

  1. Englishgrave
  2. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  5. Old Englishsīde
  6. Middle Englishside
  7. Englishside
  8. Englishgraveside

From grave + -side.

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Cite this entry
APA

graveside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveside

MLA

“graveside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graveside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveside.

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