cemetery

The word “cemetery” means a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard. In plain terms, a burial ground for the dead.

“Cemetery” is pronounced SEHM-ih-tree (/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/ in IPA).

Here is “cemetery” used in a sentence: “They laid flowers at the family plot in the cemetery.”

“Cemetery” is a noun.

The word “cemetery” comes from Ancient Greek. From Late Latin coemeterium, from Ancient Greek koimeterion, literally "a sleeping place" — from a verb meaning "to put to sleep.".

“Cemetery” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

Traditionally, a graveyard is a burial ground attached to a church, while a cemetery is an independent burial site not tied to a church building. In everyday modern English, though, the two words are used interchangeably for any place where the dead are buried.

Cemetery is spelled with three e's and no a: c-e-m-e-t-e-r-y. The misspelling cemetary is extremely common because the final syllable sounds like -ary.

A cemetery is the ground where the dead are buried, while a mausoleum is a building that houses tombs above ground, and one may stand inside a cemetery. Graves in a cemetery are typically in the earth, whereas a mausoleum keeps remains in chambers within a structure.