old cemetery

collocation in English

meaningsofoldandcemetery

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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cemetery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsem.ə.tri/us
/ˈsem.ə.ter.i/
an area of ground in which dead bodies ...
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(Definition ofoldandcemeteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 12 acres that are available at thisoldcemeterysite were admirably situated, and have all the characteristics that were desired for an efficient laundry.
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Many gravestones of value to cultural history from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries were taken from theoldcemeteryand set up here.
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Near the church is anoldcemeterywith its typical flowered graves.
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Some of the graves were moved from theoldcemeteryothers were not.
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Anoldcemeterytells the stories of tribes centuries before.
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The village now has anoldcemetery, a church, a few houses and several buildings that are over 120 years old.
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A chapel was built in 1810 in theoldcemetery: it closed its doors in 1834.
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There is also anoldcemeterynext to a picturesque artificial pond.
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He also takes care of anoldcemeterylot in the garden of the castle, where a racing horse is buried.
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One is theoldcemetery, which is still there but has not been found in years; it exists somewhere in a nearby pasture.
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Near the church there is located theoldcemetery.
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It is built in a west-east orientation and is surrounded by anoldcemeterywall with two entrances.
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They eventually locate what appears to be anoldcemeterywith seven small cairns.
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At the same time she and her husband are trying to trace the origin of an unusual crypt they find in anoldcemetery.
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Although the ecclesiastical parish was combined in the sixteenth century, the village still has its own church and anoldcemetery.
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There is a sightworthyoldcemetery, which is surrounded by a wall, close to the beach.
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Families were granted new plots in lieu of plots already purchased in theoldcemetery.
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One year later, the walls of theoldcemeteryof monks disappeared and thus the place became a public square.
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At that time, they moved the church from where theoldcemeteryis still located (about one-tenth mile to the northwest) to its present location.
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One night, they travel to thisoldcemeterywhere the ancient ghoul was buried.
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