churchyard

Everyday

1. The land around a church, often with a graveyard where people are buried. tree →
2. (in stories) A quiet, sometimes spooky place with gravestones, trees and old walls. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons gravestones in churchyards give clues about people of the past (names, ages, families). In ghost stories churchyards are spooky at night. Phrases: in the churchyard, churchyard wall, churchyard yew.

Examples

• The old yew tree stands in the churchyard. tree →
• We read the names on the gravestones in the churchyard. tree →
• My great-grandparents are buried in the village churchyard. tree →
• The children walked past the dark churchyard at night. tree →
• The churchyard wall is covered in moss. tree →
• Snowdrops grow in the churchyard in winter. tree →
• Now we are in the churchyard. tree →

Note

One word. Similar: graveyard (any burial ground), cemetery (a large burial ground not always beside a church). Be quiet and respectful in churchyards.