"burial ground" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burial grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} burial ground (plural burial grounds)
  1. A cemetery or graveyard. Synonyms: cemetery Hypernyms: ground
    Sense id: en-burial_ground-en-noun--vtt3TuQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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