Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for cemetery. Search instead for gebietern.
Definitions

cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Gravestones are removed, graves moved to Hope cemetery.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Our favorite walk is to our neighborhood park, an old one with tall eucalyptus trees surrounding what used to be a cemetery, Pioneer Park.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Women carry the casket of Razieh Zamani, a 34-year-old teacher at the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, toward the Minab cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“This child had such love in her, a laughing child, brave like my son. She sang. She climbed over walls. She left gates open. She danced through the cemetery and over the cliffs.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




Vocabulary lists containing cemetery