"war grave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: war graves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war grave (plural war graves)
  1. A burial place, grave(s) for individual victim(s), soldiers and/or civilians, of warfare, including civil war. Synonyms: war cemetery Translations (burial place): oorlogskerkhof [neuter] (Dutch), sotahauta (Finnish), sankarihauta (Finnish), Soldatenfriedhof (German), Gefallenenfriedhof (German)
    Sense id: en-war_grave-en-noun-~lDyVb~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 26 14 Disambiguation of 'burial place': 83 10 7
  2. (usually in the plural) A cemetery reserved for such victims. Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-war_grave-en-noun-Hvrd2sXm
  3. A vessel that has sank or aircraft that has crashed during war and which serves as the resting place for one or more victims.
    Sense id: en-war_grave-en-noun-qym1wWKy

Inflected forms

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