burial

bur·i·al  (br-l)

n.

The act or process of burying.

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[Middle English buriel, back-formation from buriels (taken as pl.), from Old English byrgels; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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buri·al adj.

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burial [ˈbɛrɪəl]

n

the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body

[Old English byrgels burial place, tomb; see bury, -al²]

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Burial

See also corpses; death

cerement, cerements

the cloth or clothing in which the dead are wrapped for burial or other form of funeral.

columbarium

a vault where the remains of cremated bodies are kept, usually in one of a number of recesses in a wall.

exequy

1. a funeral procession or cortege.
2. funeral rites or ceremony.

hydriotaphia

a burial in an urn.

necropolis

a cemetery, especially one attached to an ancient city.

obsequies

a funeral or funeral ceremony. Sometimes obsequy.

sepelition

Obsolete, burial or interment.

sindology

the study of funeral shrouds.

taphephobia, taphiphobia, taphophobia

an abnormal fear of being buried alive.

taphophilia

a love for funerals.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	burial - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
	2.	burial - concealing something under the ground burying concealing, hiding, concealment - the activity of keeping something secret reburial, reburying - the act of burying again

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burial

noun funeral, interment, burying, obsequies, entombment, inhumation, exequies, sepulture He can have a decent burial.

Related words
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

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

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burial [ˈbɛriəl] n

(= interment) → enterrement m

(= ceremony) → funérailles fpl
burial ground n → cimetière m
burial mound n → tumulus m

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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

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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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burial [ˈbərɪəl] n → sepoltura, seppellimento

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burial [ˈbərɪəl] n → sepoltura, seppellimento

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burial bury