cemetery
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Noun 1 meaning
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Etymology
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
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CEMETERY at a glance
CEMETERY has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + M 3 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,343 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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