cemetery
noun
an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, especially one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.
cemeteries
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pluralof cemetery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tourists now pack some cemeteries, competing with families for space.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
This was true even in cemeteries where researchers found many biological family connections among the wider population.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Watch the video above for an inside look at how front-line cash is transforming Ulan-Ude’s impoverished economy—even as cemeteries and war memorials continue to expand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Turrell spoke movingly of the close friends he lost during the campaign, some of whom he buried in the field, and who are now buried in Commonwealth war cemeteries on the continent.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In the fall of 1980, Maya Lin was a senior at Yale University, taking a class on funereal architecture, studying how cemeteries and monuments reflect attitudes toward death.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
