A tract of land in which the dead are buried. / (collectible card games) The discard pile, in some trading card games.

plural of graveyard

A type of morbid poetry which lingers on human mortality, tombs, and burial grounds. It was popular in the pre-romantic period of 18th-century Britain.

(nautical) The middle watch on a ship, from midnight to 4 am.

A night shift, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.

plural of graveyard shift

(aviation) The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.

A children's game, a form of tag in which the player designated as the ghost attempts to catch the others before they can reach base.

plural of graveyard slot

(television) A time period during which a television audience is very small compared to other times of the day.