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# cemetery

«cemetery» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large area of land, often with grass and trees, where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cemetery, cemeteries)

### meaning for a pupil

A cemetery is a large area of land, often with grass and trees, where dead people are buried in graves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life a cemetery is a quiet, respectful place; people visit graves and leave flowers. In history lessons gravestones tell about people of the past. Phrases: «buried in the cemetery», «visit the cemetery».

### examples

- Grandpa is buried in the cemetery near the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x1)
- We put flowers on Nan's grave in the cemetery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x2)
- Please walk quietly in the cemetery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x3)
- The old cemetery has stones with names on them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x4)
- The war cemetery has rows of white graves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x5)
- Some ghost stories are set in a cemetery at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x6)
- The iron railing looks like the gate of a cemetery, and there are brass knobs upon it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/#x7)

### note

Plural: cemeteries (y → ies). Spelling trap: all e's — ce-me-te-ry, no a. A «graveyard» is often next to a church; a cemetery is a separate burial ground. Countable.

### In the corpora

- ["Memorial park" is an American word for a cemetery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/11/)
- [In a burial the coffin is lowered into a grave in a cemetery or churchyard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cemetery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cemetery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.