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cemetery

/sˈɛmʌtˌɛɹi/noun4 syllables

Cemetery means: a tract of land used for burials.

Synonyms for cemetery6

noun, as in a tract of land used for burials

graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis

What does cemetery mean?1

noun

1

a tract of land used for burials

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cemetery in a sentence

  • In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.CM
  • The cemetery walls were demolished, so that it could be expanded.lucasmg123
  • The headstones in the cemetery were moved, but the bodies were not.Eccles17
  • I buried my dog at the pet cemetery.Zifre
  • My grandfather was buried in a cemetery outside the city.mutskt
  • I used to walk in the cemetery in my youth.unknown
  • What was he doing late at night alone in that cemetery?Amastan
  • They told me that the cemetery is in terrible condition.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cemetery

as a noun

plural
cemeteries