memorial park

Definition of memorial parknext
as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest

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Recent Examples of memorial park Guided trolley tours through the memorial parks often sell out weeks in advance — especially as Halloween and the Catholic observances of All Saints and All Souls draw near in October. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park. Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome. Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025 Yelchin’s family found Hollywood Forever when other local memorial parks wouldn’t allow a life-size bronze figure of the young actor. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for memorial park
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Noun
  • As a Community Services District, the water district could potentially assist the cemetery district with some of its needs, Wolski said.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Iranian cemeteries, holy shrines and mosques -- which normally are venues for the 40th-day ceremonies -- have turned into scenes of the most extraordinary ways of mourning in the country, as victims’ families have been dancing to mourn as a sign of defiance.
    Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • That number suggests the ancient permafrost is less like a graveyard and more like an untouched biological frontier — teeming with life forms that have been hidden from science for tens of thousands of years.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026

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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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