English Explanatory Dictionary

marble orchard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cemetery.

Pronunciation

En-au-marble orchard.ogg

Word forms

marble orchard marble orchards

Etymology

By analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees.

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