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Definition of cemetery noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cemetery

noun
 
 
/ˈsemətri/
 
/ˈseməteri/
(plural cemeteries)
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  1. 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.
    compare churchyard, graveyard
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • private
    • public
    • …
    verb + cemetery
    • be buried in
    • visit
    preposition
    • in a/​the cemetery
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.
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