BURYING GROUND
Dictionary entry overview: What does burying ground mean? • BURYING GROUND (noun)
The noun BURYING GROUND has 1 sense:
1. a tract of land used for burials
Familiarity information: BURYING GROUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BURYING GROUND (noun)
Meaning:
A tract of land used for burials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
burial ground; burial site; burying ground; cemetery; graveyard; memorial park; necropolis
Hypernyms ("burying ground" is a kind of...):
land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burying ground"):
potter's field (a cemetery for unknown or indigent people)
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