Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cemetery \Cem"e*ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cemeteries}. [L. cemeterium,
   Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to
   sleep.]
   A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a
   graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Source : WordNet®

cemetery
     n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {graveyard}, {burial
         site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial park},
          {necropolis}]