What does cemetery mean?
Cemetery means A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park..
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/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ · noun
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park..
The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...
They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.
[…] the cemetery – which people of shattering wit like Sampson never tired of calling ‘the dead centre of town’ […]
Use cemetery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cemetery means A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park..
Common synonyms include boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, camposanto.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...
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