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burying grounds

burying grounds is the plural of burying ground.

Meaning of burying ground

Noun

burying ground (plural burying grounds)

  1. (archaic) A burial ground; a graveyard or cemetery.
    • [H]is lordſhip had changed his mind about going to Flanders, but expected to meet him, on ſuch a day and hour, in the burying-ground near Red-lion-ſquare.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “The memoirs of a lady of quality”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 143

Questions about burying grounds

What is burying grounds the plural of?
Burying grounds is the plural of burying ground.

Words near burying grounds in the dictionary

  1. buryin'
  2. burying
  3. burying beetle
  4. burying beetles
  5. burying ground
  6. burying grounds
  7. burying one's head in the sand
  8. burying the hatchet
  9. burying the lede
  10. burying-ground
  11. burying-grounds

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