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A tract of land used for burials.

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Usage examples (34)
  • The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
  • From Reuters: Drunk woman dies in cemetery accident
  • The fascination of a cemetery is irresistible to me.
  • Sentinel: Orlando's newest land rush: Plots in cemetery
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  • There was a certain "symmetry" (correspondence of opposite sides in shape, position, or size) in the layout of the "cemetery" (burial place).
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