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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
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cemeteries |
| definition: |
a burial ground, esp. one that is not connected to a church; graveyard.
He won't be buried in the town cemetery but in a military cemetery.Few people visit the graves in this old cemetery nowadays.
- synonyms:
- burial ground, graveyard
- similar words:
- catacombs, charnel, necropolis, potter's field
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| related words: |
grave, tomb |
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| derivation: |
cemeterial (adj.) |
Cemetery comes from
koimeterion, a Greek word for "sleeping room." The Greek noun comes from the verb
koiman, which means "to put to sleep."