Cemetery and Grave

Cemetery

Cemetery noun - A piece of land used for burying the dead.

Usage example: many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby

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Grave and cemetery are semantically related. in burial ground topic. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Cemetery".

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

Usage example: the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

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Cemetery and grave are semantically related. You can use "Cemetery" instead a noun "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

old	old cemetery	old grave
particular	particular cemetery	particular grave
fake	fake cemetery	fake grave
small	small cemetery	small grave
Other adjectives: wrong, dark, main, ancient, new, titular, nearby, largest.

He winds up in a cemetery and finds a grave belonging to "Princess Beautiful," whom he digs up.

Source: Grave Robbing
Wham Line: This exchange between Michael and Morty in the cemetery after visiting Ted's grave.Morty: *standing at Ted's grave* He was a good man.

Source: Film / Click
One traditional way of locating a vampire's grave requires a young boy riding a male horse over every grave in the cemetery.

Source: Virgin Power

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