cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /

NOUN

burial ground

Synonyms

STRONGEST

garden graveyard mortuary tomb

STRONG

Golgotha catacomb charnel churchyard crypt grave necropolis ossuary sepulcher vault

WEAK

God's acre boot hill charnel house city of the dead eternal home funerary grounds marble town memorial park polyandrium potter's field resting place

Example Sentences

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On social media, commentators have pointed out the cost of cemetery plots and queried how the new law will be regulated.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"He did not want to leave the town. He stayed, but is now in the cemetery," she told AFP, sobbing in the church hall.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Only one location, the urban cemetery of Ribe, showed a pattern connected to health.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

“You'll have to go see it sometime. The cemetery especially.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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