| 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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