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elephants' graveyard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
ele-phants' -grave-yard
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.

noun

A place where lost objects or people end up, and from which there is no escape.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

elephants' graveyards (plural)

Questions

What does elephants' graveyard mean?
A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.

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