funeral (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *funeral*:
NOUN	event	funeral, obsequy	a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

funeral > pronunciation
Sounds	fyuw'nerahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *funeral*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
Example	"hundreds of people attended his funeral"
Synonym	obsequy
Narrower	burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture	The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Narrower	sky burial	A traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures
Broader	ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance	A formal event performed on a special occasion
Spanish	entierro, funeral
Catalan	fúnebre, funeral
Adjectives	funerary	of or for or relating to a funeral
	funereal	suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
	mortuary	of or relating to a funeral

HyperDic: funeral