war grave

See also: Wargrave

English

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.
2. (usually in the plural) A cemetery reserved for such victims.
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.

Synonyms

• war cemetery

Translations

burial place

• Dutch: oorlogskerkhof n
• Finnish: sotahauta, sankarihauta (fi)
• German: Soldatenfriedhof (de), Gefallenenfriedhof