cemetery
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri/
:
cementerio
- And as I walked through the cemetery, I saw these crosses and I saw some tombstones.
- buried in a cemetery
- burial in a cemetery
- a large cemetery
They're buried there in the Forest Cemetery in Boston.
- They're buried there in the Forest Cemetery in Boston.
- In fact, I didn't bring flowers to a cemetery this time.
- Buried in the cemetery is treasure that makes God weep.
- And as I walked through the cemetery, I saw these crosses and I saw some tombstones.
- And then for me, I found that the place was the cemetery.
- And I was in some conference and we drove by a cemetery.
Examples
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They're buried there in the Forest Cemetery in Boston.
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In the city of Melaka, Malaysia, the world's largest traditional Chinese cemetery is becoming a historical park.
Academic text (1993) -
- Follow the map to get out and head to the old cemetery.
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We'll walk through the cemetery and I'll wait at the party hall, okay?
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Pick him up outside the cemetery.
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Have you taken a look into the cemetery lately, Pastor?
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But here I am at the cemetery, and his grave opens.
Academic text (2011) -
My father lives in a four-room apartment with my mother, four blocks from the cemetery where my brother was buried.
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There was a colony of foxes living nearby, I was told, in the cemetery of St. Cross Church.
Academic text (1999) -
We visited the cemetery to pay our respects to my grandmother.
Synonyms
122
1.8
A place where people are buried after they die
31
3.9
A place where people bury someone after death
21
3.9
A place where people are buried, like a cemetery
16
9.1
An underground place with tunnels where people are buried
12
3.5
An area of land next to a church for burying people
11
3.7
A place where people bury their dead
4
9.9
A large old cemetery for a city with many tombs
1
6.1
An area of land with graves for dead people, like a cemetery
1
8.9
A place where dead people are buried
A cemetery like a park with gardens and simple graves for quietly remembering people who have died
A large very old burial place near a city with many tombs
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Etymology
The word cemetery comes from the old Greek word koimeterion, which means 'sleeping place' and has the same idea as the English word dormitory. People long ago thought the dead were 'sleeping', so a cemetery is a place where the dead 'rest', which is why it means a place for burying the dead.