cem ‧ e ‧ tery /ˈsemətri, ˈsemɪtri $ -teri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural cemeteries ) [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: cimitere , from Late Latin coemeterium , from Greek koimeterion 'sleeping room, burying place' , from koiman 'to cause to sleep' ]
a piece of land, usually not belonging to a church, in which dead people are buried ⇨ graveyard