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How to pronounce cemetery in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis
Type of land site, site
Has types potter's field

Examples of cemetery

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The cemetery is at Cemetery and Glenwood streets, just off South Clinton Street.
From the stltoday.com
In the southeast corner of the cemetery, there's a nest made by two bald eagles.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Visit any military cemetery in the United States and count the Spanish surnames.
From the us.cnn.com
It's on the outskirts of the cemetery, among tombstones rarely seen by visitors.
From the ocregister.com
I can't go to his grave at Montparnasse cemetery, there are always people there.
From the guardian.co.uk
Camp Nelson cemetery is still on track to add nearly 22 acres to its current 30.
From the kentucky.com
It begins in a cemetery, with a ghostly figure materialising in front of a tomb.
From the guardian.co.uk
He buries the dead in a makeshift cemetery on a hill near his village of Sidero.
From the time.com
The garden is where the church's cemetery was located in the early 19th century.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A tract of land used for burials
  • A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of deceased people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery (from Greek u03BAu03BFu03B9u03BCu03B7u03C4u03AEu03C1u03B9u03BFu03BD, "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground. The older term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but primarily referred to a burial ground within a churchyard.
  • Cemetery was the first LP release by the Montreal-based Canadian garage-rock band Deja Voodoo. The album was recorded in Studio Secret, save for the title track, which was recorded "in Bob's basement".
  • "Cemetery" is a single by the Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. The song is found on the band's second album Freak Show. It was also included on their Best of Volume 1.
  • Cemeterians is a comic book written and illustrated by Aleister D D Gilgrim and published through Slave Labor Graphics. ...
  • A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park
  • (Cemeteries) Areas that are set aside by public authority or private persons for the burial of the dead.
  • (Cemeteries) Establishments where the remains of the dead may be kept indefinitely, whether underground or aboveground. This classification includes mausoleums and columbaria.
  • (Cemeteries) Used to describe marked graves. For unmarked graves, see "Burial Grounds."