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# memorial park

phrase (noun phrase: a memorial park, memorial parks)

«memorial park» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism, official, US) a cemetery, especially one with lawns and flat grave markers.
2. (literal) a park built to remember people or an event.

### In the lessons

Used by US cemetery companies to make graveyards sound peaceful. In other countries, it often means a public park with a war memorial. Register: official; US (sense 1), all regions (sense 2).

### Examples

- Grandpa is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
- The memorial park has a statue of the soldiers.
- Chat: «memorial park» in the US = cemetery
- We had a picnic in the memorial park.
- The town opened a memorial park for flood victims.

### Note

In the US it may be a cemetery; in Australia, NZ and the UK it may be a normal park. Plain word: cemetery.