burial site
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈbɜːriəl saɪt/
:
sitio de enterramiento
- The family gathered at the burial site to pay their respects and remember their loved one.
- sacred burial site
- locating burial sites
Examples
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One can visit his burial site at Mount Auburn Cemetery, and there I have little talks with him.
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Native American burial site.
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So these are old burial sites.
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Professor, this is the last box from the Indian burial site.
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Normally, I would never even consider messing around with a burial site, but I was a little excited.
Fiction book (2002) -
I do not want to do restoration work in an old village or burial site.
Academic text (2007) -
Where they recently discovered a non-funerary burial site.
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It's a Chumash burial site.
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The remarks often include the cause of death, place of origin, name of physician, and location of burial site.
Academic text (2007) -
Initially, the tribe's priority was locating possible burial sites.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
421
2.8
A place where people are buried, often with headstones
414
1.0
A place in the ground where a dead body is buried
235
3.0
A large stone building or underground room where people put a dead person
122
1.8
A place where people are buried after they die
31
3.9
A place where people bury someone after death
25
7.5
A large building where important people are buried
21
3.9
A place where people are buried, like a cemetery
13
3.8
The place in the ground where someone is buried
12
3.5
An area of land next to a church for burying people
4
9.9
A large old cemetery for a city with many tombs
4
7.1
A mound of earth or stones built over a grave, often in ancient times
1
6.1
An area of land with graves for dead people, like a cemetery
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
A heap of earth built over a grave in ancient times
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area where dead bodies are buried' is directly and compositionally derived from 'burial' (the act or place of burying) plus 'site' (a location or plot of ground). This noun+noun location pattern is common and cross‑linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The compound noun burial site comes from the simple image of burial, meaning putting a body in the ground, and site, meaning a place. Imagine a quiet piece of land with graves or stones marking where people are buried, and you can see why it means 'an area of land where dead bodies are buried'.