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Graveyard shift
A night shift in a factory or other place of work, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.
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A night shift in a factory or other place of work, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Graveyard shift"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| night shiftnoun | A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours. |
| graveyard watchnoun | (nautical) The middle watch on a ship, from midnight to 4 am. |
| spellnoun | Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. |
| graveyardnoun | A tract of land in which the dead are buried. |
| gravediggingnoun | The digging of graves. |
| mass gravenoun | A grave (in any of the countable senses) containing many corpses. |
| gravenoun | (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. |
| night soilnoun | (archaic, euphemistic) Human faeces. |
| swearverb | (ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language. |
| night-soilnoun | (archaic, euphemistic) Alternative spelling of night soil. [(archaic, euphemistic) Human faeces.] |
| groovenoun | (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm. |
| grave-robbingnoun | Alternative form of graverobbing. [The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.] |
| burying-groundnoun | Alternative form of burying ground. [(now rare) A burial ground; a graveyard or cemetery.] |
| burying groundnoun | (now rare) A burial ground; a graveyard or cemetery. |
| cradlenoun | A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. |
| churnnoun | (business, uncountable) Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. |
| haggardnoun | (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult. |
| ashpitnoun | A pit for the disposal of ashes. |
| ground crunchernoun | (US, military slang) Synonym of gravel cruncher. |
| onsetternoun | (medicine) One who undergoes the onset of a condition. |
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