cemetery
Meanings
Plural: cemeteries
Noun
- a tract of land used for burials
- A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
Synonyms
boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, burial site, burying ground, camposanto, cemetery, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead, graveyard, kirkyard, lichyard, marble orchard, memorial park, necropolis
Scrabble Score: 15
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