cemeteries
cemeteries — noun
- cemeteriessingular
- cemeteriesesplural
1. a piece of land where dead people are buried, often with stones or markers to sh
a piece of land where dead people are buried, often with stones or markers to show each person's grave
Lucía visits her grandmother's grave at the old cemetery on the hill every Sunday.
collocation: visit + possessive + grave + at + cemetery
The city built a new cemetery outside of town because the old one was full.
passive: be buried in a cemetery; reason clause
Tall oak trees line the path through the cemetery, shading the rows of headstones.
Cyrus takes flowers to his grandfather's grave at the cemetery every spring.
The cemetery where Benjamin's father is buried is surrounded by a low stone wall.
- graveyard
often attached to a church; less formal than cemetery
- burial ground
a more general or formal term that includes any land used for burials
- churchyard
specifically a cemetery next to a church building