burial plot

noun

: a small area of land where a person's body will be buried when he or she dies

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Vance ended his speech by giving a description of his family burial plot nestled on a mountainside in eastern Kentucky, where seven generations of his ancestors rest. Nik Popli, TIME, 18 July 2024 For instance, her dad had a burial plot in California but died in Nevada. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024 Her father blamed her mother and banished her from the home and excluded her from their family burial plot. Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024 What makes the other men accept him back into the community and then go to great lengths to honor him after his death, with the founder of the community offering up his own burial plot? Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 On a brisk Tuesday morning, a gathering has formed around a burial plot. Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024 Some of Izzy’s GoFundMe paid for the burial plot, casket, and funeral expenses, but cash ran out before the family could purchase a headstone. James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023 Autumn Wells' grandfather, Joel Wells, at the family burial plot. Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023 On March 2, Smith was laid to rest in a burial plot beside her late son at Lakeview Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum in the Bahamas. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023

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“Burial plot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burial%20plot. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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