cemeteries
cemeteries is the plural of cemetery.
Meaning of cemetery
Noun
cemetery (plural cemeteries)
- A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
- The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, camposanto, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead, graveyard, kirkyard
Phrases with cemeteries
Questions about cemeteries
- What is cemeteries the plural of?
- Cemeteries is the plural of cemetery.
Words near cemeteries in the dictionary
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