noun
cemetery
SEHM-ih-tree
noun
1
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard.
"They laid flowers at the family plot in the cemetery."
"The old cemetery on the hill dates back to the 1800s."
How to Use Cemetery
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA burial ground for the dead.
Common pairings
visit the cemetery
buried in a cemetery
cemetery plot
Word Forms
cemeteries plural
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Etymology
From Late Latin coemeterium, from Ancient Greek koimeterion, literally "a sleeping place" — from a verb meaning "to put to sleep."