cemeteries
Meaning of cemeteries
plural noun
- a large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.
a military cemetery
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.
Information about cemeteries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of cemeteries is: cemetery.
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Hyphenation of cemeteries
ceme-ter-ies
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- cemeteries is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
cemeteries synonyms
Meaning a burial ground, especially one beside a church:
Meaning an enclosed area surrounding a church, especially as used for burials:
Meaning a churchyard:
Meaning a cemetery:
Meaning a prehistoric cemetery of the European late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, in which cremated remains were placed in pottery vessels (cinerary urns) and buried:
Meaning an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans:
Meaning a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city:
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