THE GRAVEYARD BOOKBY NEIL GAIMAN

A Visual Dictionary: Chapter 1

“…wisps of nightime mist..” p.

5-6

a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry

airing cupboardp. 10

“…abandoned funeral chapel, iron doors padlocked…”

p. 12

funeral chapel iron doors padlocked

“…Ivy on the sides of the spire, a small tree growing out of the guttering…” p. 12

ivy: a climbing plantspire: the steeple on

a church

tree growing out of the guttering (gutter)

Tomb Vault Memorial Plaque

a large vault, sometimes

underground, for burying the dead.

a chamber underground that is used as a grave

a marker that tells the name of someone that has died.

headstone (16)

obelisk (20) crypt

an inscribed stone at a grave, typically

with the name of the dead person

a stone pillar, set up as a monument

or landmark

An underground chamber especially beneath a church that is used as a

burial place.

television static p. 15

top of the hill

brow of the hill p. 20

amphitheater p. 21

a place where people gather with stadium

seating

benches, usually in a church

wooden pewsp. 27