Definition of Burial site

1. Noun. A tract of land used for burials.

Exact synonyms: Burial Ground, Burying Ground, Cemetery, Graveyard, Memorial Park, Necropolis
Specialized synonyms: Potter's Field
Generic synonyms: Land Site, Site

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burial Site

burgrave
burgraves
burgs
burgundies
burgundy
burhel
burhels
buriable
burial
burial chamber
burial garment
burial ground
burial grounds
burial mound
burial mounds
burial site (current term)
burial vault
buriall
burialls
burials
burian
buried
buried flap
buried soil
buried suture
buried the hatchet
buried treasure
buried treasures
burier

Literary usage of Burial site

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Rom., xvi, 5), of the little Christian community, became intimately connected with the burial-site of the family to which they originally belonged. ..."

2. Adventure Guide to Ireland by Tina Neylon (2004)
"Ancient burial site At Tulsk, where the N5 and N61 intersect, between Boyle and Roscommon, is a huge and important ancient site. ..."

3. Adventure Guide Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"... burial site As you pass The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, you'll come to an intersection with a parking lot on the right. Park and look toward the ocean and ..."

4. Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"However, it would be logical for the US Army, when possible, to use a process in which the munition is removed from the burial site, examined to determine ..."

5. Korean Repository by F. Ohlinger (1896)
"This is the line of hills leading down to the burial site. Where a long line of hills falls away to ... The perfect burial site is rare and hard to find. ..."

6. The Passing of Korea by Homer Bezaleel Hulbert (1906)
"A burial site will long ago have been selected through the services of a ... Those that have remained at the burial site dig the grave, ..."

7. Unquiet Grave: The Search for the Disappeared in Iraqi Kurdistan by Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.), Middle East Watch (Organization), Eric Stover (1992)
"Associated materials located at a secondary burial site are unlikely to reveal the circumstances of the primary burial but may provide information on events ..."

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