bur·i·al (b r  - l)n. The act or process of burying. [Middle English buriel, back-formation from buriels (taken as pl.), from Old English byrgels; see bhergh-1 in Indo-European roots.] bur i·al adj. |
burial [ˈbɛrɪəl]
n
the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body
[Old English byrgels burial place, tomb; see bury, -al2]
Burial
the cloth or clothing in which the dead are wrapped for burial or other form of funeral.
a vault where the remains of cremated bodies are kept, usually in one of a number of recesses in a wall.
1. a funeral procession or cortege.
2. funeral rites or ceremony.
2. funeral rites or ceremony.
a burial in an urn.
a cemetery, especially one attached to an ancient city.
a funeral or funeral ceremony. Sometimes obsequy.
Obsolete, burial or interment.
the study of funeral shrouds.
an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
a love for funerals.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  burial - the ritual placing of a corpse in a gravefuneral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral" |
| 2. |  burial - concealing something under the ground |
burial
noun funeral, interment, burying, obsequies, entombment, inhumation, exequies, sepulture He can have a decent burial.
Related words
fear taphephobia
fear taphephobia
Translations
burial [ˈberɪəl]
A. N → entierro m
I like the idea of burial at sea → me gusta la idea de que mi cadáver sea arrojado al mar
I like the idea of burial at sea → me gusta la idea de que mi cadáver sea arrojado al mar
B. CPD burial ground N → cementerio m, camposanto m, panteón m (LAm)
burial mound N → túmulo m
burial place N → lugar m de sepultura
burial service N → funerales mpl
burial vault N → panteón m familiar, cripta f
burial mound N → túmulo m
burial place N → lugar m de sepultura
burial service N → funerales mpl
burial vault N → panteón m familiar, cripta f
burial
burial:
n → Beerdigung f, → Bestattung f; (= burial ceremony also) → Begräbnis nt; (in cemetery also) → Beisetzung f (form); Christian burial → christliches Begräbnis; burial at sea → Seebestattung f
burial:
burial chamber
n → Grabkammer f
burial ground
n → Begräbnisstätte f
burial mound
n → Grabhügel m
burial object
n (Archeol) → Grabbeigabe f
burial place
n → Grabstätte f
burial service
n → Trauerfeier f
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