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单词 burial-ground
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burial-groundn.

Forms: see burial n. and ground n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: burial n., ground n.
Etymology: < burial n. + ground n. Compare burying-ground n. and burial-place n.
A piece of ground set apart as devoted to the regular interment of the dead; a burying-ground, cemetery.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]
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1803 Ann. Rev. 1 98 The account of the burial-grounds furnishes the most interesting description in this work.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 197 It was the burial-ground of all the goats in the island.
1841 H. W. Longfellow God's Acre in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 597 I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground ‘God's-acre’!
1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 325 That burial-ground commands a beautiful view.
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