interring

interring

noun

Definition of INTERRING

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place <fittingly, the interring took place on a gloomy, rainy day>

Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture

Related Words embalmment, funeral; immurement, inurnment; reburial, reinterment

Near Antonyms cremation

Antonyms disinterment, exhumation, unearthing