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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryass='infl'> plural cemeteries
Definition
- : a burial ground
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
- //many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Middle English cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from Greek koimētērion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit śete he liescemetery
noun
Synonyms
- a piece of land used for burying the dead //many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Cenozoic
Definition
- : of, relating to, or being an era of geologic history that extends from the beginning of the Tertiary (see tertiary entry 1 sense 2) period to the present time and is marked by a rapid evolution of mammals and birds and of angiosperms and especially grasses and by little change in the invertebratesalso : relating to the corresponding system of rocks
— see Geologic Time Table
Other Words
- Cenozoic noun
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Greek kainos + English -zoiccenti-
plural cemeteries
Definition
- : a burial ground
Examples
- //many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Middle English cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from Greek koimētērion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit śete he liescemetery
noun
Synonyms
- a piece of land used for burying the dead //many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Cenozoic
Definition
- : of, relating to, or being an era of geologic history that extends from the beginning of the Tertiary (see tertiary entry 1 sense 2) period to the present time and is marked by a rapid evolution of mammals and birds and of angiosperms and especially grasses and by little change in the invertebratesalso : relating to the corresponding system of rocks
— see Geologic Time Table
Other Words
- Cenozoic noun
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Greek kainos + English -zoiccenti-