- an area of land used for burying dead people, especially one that is not next to a church
- He was buried in a private cemetery.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- local
- private
- public
- …
- be buried in
- visit
- in a/the cemetery
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.Definitions on the go
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