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burial grounds

burial grounds is the plural of burial ground.

Meaning of burial ground

Noun

burial ground (plural burial grounds)

  1. A cemetery or graveyard.
    • They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178
    Synonyms:
    cemetery

Questions about burial grounds

What is burial grounds the plural of?
Burial grounds is the plural of burial ground.

Words near burial grounds in the dictionary

  1. burial case
  2. burial cases
  3. burial chamber
  4. burial chambers
  5. burial ground
  6. burial grounds
  7. burial mound
  8. burial mounds
  9. burial place
  10. burial societies
  11. burial society

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