final resting place

NOUN

burial ground

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cemetery graveyard

WEAK

bone orchard bone yard burial yard burying ground burying place catacomb city of the dead family plot necropolis plot potter's field

NOUN

grave

Synonyms

STRONG

catacomb crypt mausoleum mound sepulcher shrine tomb vault

WEAK

last home permanent address place of interment resting place six feet under

NOUN

sepulture

Synonyms

STRONG

catacomb cinerarium crypt mausoleum mound ossuary sepulcher shrine tomb vault

WEAK

last home permanent address place of interment resting place six feet under

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A lot of the people interred there are from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and now it’s becoming a place where filmmakers and musicians and artists are considering for their final resting place.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

After a ceremony, huge crowds lined the streets of Rome to watch as the Pope's coffin was carried in a procession to his final resting place, Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

Then came another wait to dump their loads — an untold number of incinerated living room sets, teddy bears, running shoes and other detritus, spilling into a final resting place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

Following a private ceremony, Hope's coffin was taken by horse-drawn carriage through the Dedridge area to her final resting place at Adambrae Cemetery.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

Someone was going to have to take the bombs to their final resting place, and that someone was going to be me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

final resting place

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