cemetery

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(noun.)

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local

private, public

My grandmother was laid to rest in the public cemetery near our town.

military | Catholic, Jewish, etc.

VERB + CEMETERY

be buried in | visit

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in a/the ~

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noun

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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.

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noun — a tract of land used for burials

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The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...

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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

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[…] the cemetery – which people of shattering wit like Sampson never tired of calling ‘the dead centre of town’ […]

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I buried my dog at the pet cemetery.

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J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery.

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I used to walk in the cemetery in my youth.

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