burial ground

noun

: an area of land where dead people have been buried

an ancient burial ground

Examples of burial ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the largest mass graves in Mexico was reported in 2017 when more than 250 skulls were found in what appeared to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz. —CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026

Its above-ground tombs tell centuries of stories and offer a striking visual unlike any other American burial ground. —Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026

At Green-Wood Cemetery, an almost five-hundred-acre burial ground in western Brooklyn that rises and falls along an old push moraine, a nonprofit has partnered with the city on interventions meant to keep stormwater out of sixteen nearby sewersheds during heavy rainfall. —Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Williams’ letter says the property is located in the North Fork New River Archaeological Zone, which contains portions of a historic camp and a burial ground for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. —Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for burial ground

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• around
• astound