NOUN | event | burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture | the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave |
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act | burial, burying | concealing something under the ground |
Sounds | beh'riyahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. | |
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Synonyms | entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture | |
Broader | funeral, obsequy | A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated |
Spanish | enterramiento, entierro, funeral, inhumación, sepelio, sepultura | |
Catalan | enterrament, inhumació, sepeli, sepultura | |
Verbs | bury | place in a grave or tomb |
Meaning | concealing something under the ground. | |
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Synonym | burying | |
Narrower | reburying, reburial | The act of burying again |
Broader | concealment, concealing, hiding | The activity of keeping something secret |
Spanish | entierro | |
Catalan | enterrament | |
Verbs | bury | place in the earth and cover with soil |
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