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

Because her brother was unhoused, Zepeda-Lara said, the county cremated his body and buried his remains in a potter’s field — a public burial ground for individuals who are unknown, unclaimed or cannot afford a proper funeral. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

As my colleague Sebastian Smee wrote recently, the burial ground is in architectural conversation with the Lincoln Memorial across the Potomac River. — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Nearby are the Druidical worship sites of Avebury and Stonehenge; there is a Celtic burial ground hidden in one of Ashcombe's deep, romantic coombes. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

In 1918, a neighboring property sale recorded inaccurate boundaries that improperly absorbed the cemetery into an adjacent parcel — the first of decades of land transfers that gradually left the burial ground isolated and inaccessible. — Kamal Morgan. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026

Rhymes for burial ground

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