cemetery
SEM-i-ter-ee/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/UKSEM-i-tree/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/
Pluralcemeteries
- 1An area of ground where dead people are buried.
Like a quiet park, but it is a place where people who have died are buried.
We left flowers at the cemetery where my grandmother is buried.
The old cemetery behind the church has stones from two hundred years ago.
Similargraveyard, necropolis
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Origin
It comes from a Greek word that meant a place to sleep, based on a verb meaning "I put to sleep." It reached English through Latin and French.