English Explanatory Dictionary

elephants' graveyard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
  2. A place where lost objects or people end up, and from which there is no escape.

Word forms

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