Burial-ground Synonyms

A tract of land used for burials
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cemetery
  2. graveyard
  3. necropolis
  4. burying ground
  5. memorial-park
  6. bone orchard
  7. bone yard
  8. burial-place
  9. burial yard
  10. burying-place
  11. catacomb
  12. city of the dead
  13. burial site
  14. family plot
  15. plot

Words Related to Burial-ground

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. monastry
  2. kirkyard
  3. manor-house

Burial-ground Sentence Examples

  • Three cemeteries remain intact - King's chapel burying ground, with the graves of John Winthrop and John Cotton; the Old Granary burial ground in the heart of the city, where Samuel Sewall, the parents of Franklin, John Hancock, James Otis and Samuel Adams are buried; and Copp's Hill burial ground, containing the tombs of the Mathers.

  • The Canongate Tolbooth adjoins the parish church, in the burial-ground of which is the tombstone raised by Burns to the memory of Robert Fergusson, and where Dugald Stewart, Adam Smith and other men of note were buried.

  • There is an interesting Phoenician burial-ground near Mandia.

  • It is an open-air museum, installed in a disused burial-ground, and is situated near the castle.

  • The Broad Street Burial Ground was laid out in 1655.

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