cemetery

2 definitions found

cemetery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cemetery \Cem"e*ter*y\, n.; pl. Cemeteries. [L. cemeterium,
     Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to
     sleep.]
     A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a
     graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
     [1913 Webster]

cemetery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cemetery
      n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery,
           graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground
           , memorial park, necropolis]