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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Echevarria had a burial plot picked out beside his mother’s grave. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025 The cemetery added a green burial plot in their property when plot purchases were down. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026 His family has since been informed and they were also given the location of his burial plot. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 When the old woman expresses her wish to be put to rest in a grand burial plot, the awkward responses suggest that none of her family will be volunteering to foot the substantial bill. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for burial plot

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