burial

/'beriəl/

Thân thiện

The family gathers for the burial of their loved one.

Definition

1. 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").

Học thuật

Noun

1. concealing something under the ground
2. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Từ đồng nghĩa

• burying
• entombment
• inhumation
• interment
• sepulture