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Main Entry:
cemetery  [sem-i-ter-ee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burial ground
Synonyms: God's acre, Golgotha, boot hill, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead, crypt, eternal home, funerary grounds, garden, grave, graveyard, marble town, memorial park, mortuary, necropolis, ossuary, polyandrium, potter's field, resting place, sepulcher, tomb, vault
Main Entry: graveyard
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burial area
Synonyms: God's acre, boneyard, burial ground, cemetery, charnel house, memorial park, necropolis
Main Entry: mausoleum
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tomb
Synonyms: burial, burial chamber, burial place, catacomb, cemetery, charnel house, coffin, crypt, grave, monument, sepulcher, vault
Example Sentences
  • Families trek to the cemetery to remember dead loved ones.
  • There's a pioneer cemetery on the edge of town, where its first residents are buried.
  • The smell of formaldehyde seeps out into the nearby hospital and cemetery.
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Main Entry: burial ground
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burial place
Synonyms: bone orchard, bone yard, burial yard, burying ground, burying place, catacomb, cemetery, city of the dead, family plot, final resting place, graveyard, necropolis, plot, potter's field
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