potter's field


potter's field

noun

Definition of POTTER'S FIELD

a piece of land used for burying the dead <criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field>
Related Words catacombs, churchyard; crypt, grave, mausoleum, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

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