grave

noun [C]

/ɡreɪv/

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B1 a place in the ground where a dead person is buried: a mass grave an unmarked grave a grave digger He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.Places where bodies are buried or cremated

(Definition of grave noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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