burying ground

American  

noun

1. a burial ground.

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Etymology

Origin of burying ground

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology, said rectangular patterns of soil discoloration show the location of the burials in what is almost certainly the church’s old burying ground.

From Washington Post

This Old Dutch Church’s burying ground harbors gravediggers and graverobbers alike.

From New York Times

Investigators eventually removed the remains of 27 people — five men, eight women and 14 children — from 28 graves in what scholars discovered was an old burying ground called the Walton Family Cemetery.

From Washington Post

“It’s a sacred burying ground, and it should be treated as such.”

From New York Times

The cemetery was also referred to as simply “the public burial ground” or “the burying ground” throughout those first 100 years, Wilson said.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• cemetery
• graveyard