cemetery

cem-e-ter-y · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A place where dead people are buried.

  2. 2.

    (figurative) A place where things are abandoned.

Forms

plural: cemeteries

Related words

See also: burial, grave, graveyard, tomb
Synonyms: burial ground, churchyard, graveyard

Etymology

From Greek "koimeterion" meaning sleeping place, from "koimao" meaning to put to sleep.