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cemetery

cemetery
Noun
pl: cemeteries

This term evokes a sense of stillness, solemnity, and finality. While it refers to a physical location for burial, it carries a heavy emotional weight associated with mourning and remembrance, distinguishing it from more clinical terms like burial ground. When used figuratively, the word suggests a state of total obsolescence or failure. It describes a location where things go to be forgotten or left to decay, emphasizing a transition from utility to uselessness.

Meanings

Nouncemetery

A large burial ground, especially one that is owned by a church or a municipality, where dead people are buried.

"The family visited the local cemetery to place flowers on the grave."

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