churchyard C2 Topic:General Vocabulary Also spelled church-yard US /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/ UK /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.jɑːd/ See IPA manual Freq #33587 Meanings 1 noun land beside or around a church, often used as a burial ground They crossed the quiet churchyard at dusk. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · land beside or around a... graveyardcemeterykirkyard Word family Derived forms churchyards Related forms churchyardburial Etymology A compound of church + yard, recorded in Middle English as churchyard and related forms. churchyard Middle English chirchetoun Middle English ċirictūn Old English View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # churchyard **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.jɑːd/ **Frequency rank:** 33587 ## Meanings 1. land beside or around a church, often used as a burial ground ## Examples - They crossed the quiet churchyard at dusk. ## Synonyms - graveyard - cemetery - kirkyard ## Derived Forms - churchyards ## Related Forms - church - yard - burial ## Roots and Affixes - Root: churchyard - Root: chirchetoun - Root: ċirictūn ## Etymology A compound of church + yard, recorded in Middle English as churchyard and related forms. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown