Some areas call this the age of sexual consent; others the age of consent; and even others, the age at which one cannot be convicted for  statutory rape  (also age of protection and age of sexual maturity). Read the DEFINITIONS page.
buryverb [ T ] uk â /Ëber.i/ us â /Ëber.i/. B1 to put a dead body into the ground: His father is buried in the cemetery on the hill. See also. burial. B2 to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it: The dog trotted off to bury its bone. buried treasure. âº usually passive to cover something or someone completely with a large quantity of something:
A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery (from Greek ÎºÎ¿Î¹Î¼Î·ÏÎ®ÏÎ¹Î¿Î½, sleeping place) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground. The older term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but primarily referred to a burial ground within a churchyard.