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

This tracks with other nearby excavations—including a well, a burial ground, and a settlement—that are from the pre-Nuragic period. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Many of Beijing’s tech companies are in the Zhongguancun district, a cluster of office complexes set on land that, during the imperial era, served as a burial ground for palace eunuchs. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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

Rhymes for burial ground

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