burial
/'beriəl/
Definition
- Noun:
- The act or ceremony of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb; interment. This is the primary meaning, referring to the ritualistic act of putting a corpse in the ground.
- The fact or state of being buried. It can also refer to the condition of something being concealed under the earth.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The family held a private burial at the hillside cemetery.
- The burial of the time capsule was attended by the entire school.
- Ancient burial sites provide valuable information to archaeologists.
Advanced Usage
- "to give someone a decent burial": to bury someone with proper respect and ceremony.
- The villagers wanted to give the unknown soldier a decent burial.
- "burial at sea": the act of committing a body to the ocean.
- The sailor's final wish was for a burial at sea.
Variants and Related Words
- Bury (verb): to place a dead body in the ground, a tomb, or the sea.
- They will bury their grandfather next to his wife.
- Burial ground (noun): an area of land used for graves; a cemetery.
- The old burial ground is now a protected historical site.
Synonyms
- Interment: the act of burying a dead body (formal).
- Inhumation: burial (formal, often used in archaeological contexts).
- Entombment: placing in a tomb.
Related Phrases
- Burial mound: a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- The burial mound dates back to the Bronze Age.
- Burial plot: a small area of ground in a cemetery used for a grave.
- They purchased a burial plot for the family.
Related Idioms
- "Six feet under": a colloquial idiom meaning dead and buried.
- I don't care what he wanted; he's six feet under now. (Note: This idiom uses related imagery but not the exact word "burial").
Noun
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concealing something under the ground
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the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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