Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cemetery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cemetery \Cem"e*ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cemeteries}. [L. cemeterium,
Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to
sleep.]
A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a
graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cemetery
n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {graveyard}, {burial
site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial park},
{necropolis}]
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