cemetery
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsem.ə.tri/ us/ˈsem.ə.ter.i/
B2 （尤指不靠近教堂的）公墓，墓地
an area of ground in which dead bodies are buried
Synonyms: burial groundgraveyardnecropolis
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- His father is buried in the cemetery on the hill.
- We came across a run-down cemetery, full of tumbled gravestones.
- At the far side of the cemetery a group of mourners stood in a circle around the grave.
- He goes down to the cemetery every week to lay flowers on her grave.
- He is in charge of a large municipal cemetery on the outskirts of the city.