churchyard, God's acre
(noun) the yard associated with a church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
churchyard (plural churchyards)
A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
• (graveyard): see also cemetery.
• kirkyard (Scotland)
Source: Wiktionary
Church"yard`, n.
Definition: The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.
Syn.
– Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
