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necropolis
[nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne-] 
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necropolis
[nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cemetery |
| Synonyms: | God's acre, boot hill, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead, crypt, funerary grounds, graveyard, potter's field, sepulcher, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | cemetery |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | sepulcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grave |
| Synonyms: | burial, catacomb, crypt, entomb, necropolis, repository, tomb, vault |
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