burial
burial
nounDefinition of BURIAL
1
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place <the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard>
Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Near Antonyms cremation
2
a final resting place for a dead person <archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials>
Related Words catacomb, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault; cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field; barrow, mound, tumulus
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