memorial park
Landscaped resting place
Memorial park is a euphemism for cemetery, used by modern burial grounds that emphasize landscaped grounds and flat grave markers rather than upright headstones.
The term suggests a place for honoring the dead rather than simply storing them: Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Memorial parks often include chapels, mausoleums, and garden features designed to soften associations with death.
Burial sites
- headstonesBurial site monuments
- tombstonesMemorial stones over graves
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- cryptsSubterranean burial chambers
burial · interment · columbarium · graveyard · plot · epitaphs · necropolis · deceased
Structure honoring someone remembered
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
valor · soldiers · military · ceremony · wreath · legacy · honoring · dedication
Free from disturbance
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- quietLacking in sound
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
solitude · stillness · restful · secluded · sanctuary · retreat · calm · meditative
graves
Burial sites
- headstonesBurial site monuments
- tombstonesMemorial stones over graves
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
crypts · burial · interment · columbarium · graveyard · plot · epitaphs · necropolis · deceased · ancestors
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
sacrifice · valor · soldiers · military · ceremony · wreath · legacy · honoring · dedication · statue
peaceful
Free from disturbance
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- quietLacking in sound
- reflectionReturned light or thought
contemplation · solitude · stillness · restful · secluded · sanctuary · retreat · calm · meditative · solemn
gardens
Cultivated planting areas
benches · fountain · pond · flora · foliage · grounds · landscaped · manicured · shrubbery · botanical
- parksplayground, Yellowstone, picnic table, Yosemite, fountains
- public spacesplaza, street, city parks, public parks, library
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- civic landmarkscapitol, city gate, civic center, clock tower, courthouse
- green spacescity parks, greenbelts, green belt, green belts, greenbelt
- monumentsWashington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Arc de Triomphe, obelisk
memorial parkmaternity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
birthing center · nursery · playground · amusement park · fertility clinic
memorial parkdemolition site
Area of active destruction
landfill · dump · pop-up space · construction zone · vacant lot
park, memory, memorial, memories, remembrance, memoir, commemorate, memoirs, memorialize