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graveside

1 5.3

At the side of a grave during a funeral or ceremony

adjective
/ˈɡreɪvˌsaɪd/

: junto a la tumba

In these situations, the mortuary typically arranges two services: one at the mortuary for family and friends who live in the Española-Santa Fe area, and a second, graveside service in the small-town cemetery.
graveside service
graveside funeral

Examples

There it is, just going in, like, add some somber graveside music in post.
During the memorial, family members gathered for the emotional graveside service.
This concludes our graveside service.

Gate II (1990)
"Ah, brother, brother," Rev. Amos said in his graveside voice.

Fiction book (1991)
People were still milling along the paths like graveside visitors on Memorial Day.

Fiction book (2001)
Narrator: Steve stares longingly at Nicole, who is graveside in a wheelchair.

Fiction book (1999)
"I thought," responds the first who is telling the story of this graveside encounter, "of our race, its traditions, its faith, how they are vanishing in the life that surrounds us... vanishing in the universal disbelief": "Even he doesn't believe, the keeper of Jewish graves!"

Academic text (1998)
The pastor delivered a touching eulogy at the graveside, honoring the deceased's life.
As the sun set, mourners stood silently by the graveside, reflecting on their memories.

Synonyms

funerary

vsgraveside

1 8.1

About ceremonies for burying a dead person

is specific to the area beside a burial site during ceremonies

Surface Forms

graveside positive

Morphology

graveside = grave + side (transparent) = grave + side

Direct compound of 'grave' + 'side' meaning 'the side of a grave'; the funeral context is a pragmatic extension but the morphology is clear.

Etymology

The word graveside comes from the two simple words grave 'a tomb' and side 'next to', so when something is done graveside it happens at the side of a grave, for example during a funeral.