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potter's field
noun as in boneyard
noun as in burial ground
noun as in cemetery
noun as in necropolis
Example Sentences
Army Corps of Engineers, before dredging and straightening the river, disinterred this Potter’s Field.
Soon after, they were buried in unmarked graves in a potter's field.
The family lived down the street from the potter’s field where the boy was first buried, and placed flowers there on holidays.
“We played softball next to the potter’s field where he was buried and we would visit him on the holidays, with flowers and prayers,” she said.
After an autopsy, Joseph was buried for the first time at a potter’s field in the city.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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