burial ground

noun

: an area of land where dead people have been buried

an ancient burial ground

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Besides the Celtic burial ground, the team also discovered a number of medieval Slavic graves containing skeletal remains from the 9th and 10th centuries. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 Since there wasn’t any grant funding available to preserve the burial ground, Jackson reached out to members of the community for help. —

Sade Green, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024 However, when the excavation process started in 1987, workers found a burial ground where Hawaiians had been buried more than 2,500 years ago. —

Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Reports of an altercation first emerged late August, after Donald Trump visited the hallowed burial ground to attend a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the deaths of 13 American service members in Afghanistan. —

Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for burial ground

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