"cemetery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/ [New-Zealand], /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/ [New-Zealand], [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ] [African-American-Vernacular-English] Audio: En-us-cemetery.ogg [US] Forms: cemeteries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced native Old English līctūn. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|cimiterie}} Middle English cimiterie, {{der|en|fro|cimitiere}} Old French cimitiere, {{der|en|ML.|cimitērium}} Medieval Latin cimitērium, {{der|en|LL.|coemētērium}} Late Latin coemētērium, {{der|en|grc|κοιμητήριον}} Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), {{m|grc|κοιμάω|t=I put to sleep}} κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”), {{m|en|cœmeterium}} cœmeterium, {{ncog|ang|līctūn}} Old English līctūn Head templates: {{en-noun}} cemetery (plural cemeteries)
  1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park. Wikipedia link: cemetery Categories (topical): Burial Hyponyms: catacomb, necropolis, potter's field, war cemetery Derived forms: car cemetery, cemeteryful, cemetery gun, cemetery vote, cemetery voting, pet cemetery, union cemetery, war cemetery

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      "word": "Boot Hill"
    },
    {
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      "word": "burial ground"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "camposanto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "cemetery"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "churchyard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "crypt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "God's acre"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "gravestead"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "word": "graveyard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "kirkyard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "lichyard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "marble orchard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cemetery",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "memorial park"
    }
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}

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