cemetery UK /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/US /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/ noun1 •a piece of land where dead people are laid in the groundThe plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees... — 1826 formscemeteries