cemetery gates
Burial ground portal
Cemetery gates are the entrance to a burial ground, typically ornate iron or stone structures marking the boundary between the everyday world and sacred ground for the dead.
The phrase evokes Gothic imagery—fog, silence, mourning.
The Smiths' 1986 song "Cemetry Gates" (deliberately misspelled) cemented the phrase in alternative music culture: We met at the cemetery gates.
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- burial groundLand for interring remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- resting placeLocation for settling down
archway · wrought iron · ironwork · tombstone · hinges · padlock · epitaph · angel statues · gatekeeper · sorrow · The Smiths · stone pillars · liminality · remembrance · grief · fence · gothic · Victorian era
- cemeteriesgraves, grave, burial, headstones, headstone
- cemeterygrave, headstone, headstones, graves, tombstone
- tombstombs, burial vault, burial chamber, mausoleum, graves
- funeral processionhearse, cortege, funeral procession, pallbearers, pallbearer
- burial lawburial plots, burial grounds, burial records, disinterment, home burial
- Egyptian Revivalsphinxes, obelisks, hieroglyphs, pyramids, scarabs
cemetery gatesdelivery room
Hospital room for childbirth
cradle · womb · baptismal font · birthing center · wedding arch
cemetery gatesfront door
Primary household entry point
welcome mat · house door · living quarters · hearth · threshold