noun
- plural of gravesite; the location or plot of ground where a dead person is buried
Usage: countable noun; typically used in plural form
Examples
- The cemetery contains hundreds of gravesites dating back to the 1800s.
- Families visited the gravesites to leave flowers on Memorial Day.
- The historical society documented all the gravesites in the old burial ground.
- They marked the gravesites with stone monuments and plaques.
- The archaeologists carefully excavated around the ancient gravesites.
- Many gravesites in the cemetery have become overgrown with moss and ivy.