Definition of "graveside" []

• The area beside a grave. (noun)

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• "Detective Lacey didn't have any information on the kind of graveside service Clyde had settled on, and I really didn't want to ask."
• "It's been 10 years since my mother Eva Teicholz died on Sept. 22 - nine since I stood by her graveside at the unveiling."
• "And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."