burial

bur·i·al

 (bĕr′ē-əl)

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- in Indo-European roots.]

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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]

bur•i•al

(ˈbɛr i əl)

n.

1. the act or ceremony of burying.

2. the place of burying; grave.

[1200–50; Middle English buriel, back formation from Old English byrgels burial place =byrg(an) to bury + -els n. suffix; compare riddle¹]

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.

Burial

 

Davy Jones’s locker A watery grave; the bottom of the ocean, especially as the grave of those who die at sea. In nautical slang, Davy Jones is the spirit of the sea, the sailor’s devil. Of the many conjectures as to the derivation of this expression, the most plausible include theories such as: Jones is a corruption of Jonah; Davy is derived from duppy a ghost or spirit among West Indian Negroes; and locker is a seaman’s chest. While the phrase Davy Jones’s locker has been in use only since 1803, the term Davy Jones dates from 1751.

God’s acre A churchyard, a cemetery. Although Longfellow called this phrase “an ancient Saxon phrase,” others claim that it is a more modern borrowing from the German Gottesacker.

The Greeks call their Church-yards dormitories, sleeping-places. The Germans call them Godsacre. (John Trapp, Annotations upon the Old and New Testament, 1646)

According to OED citations, the phrase has been in print since the early 17th century.

hic jacet A tombstone or gravemarker; specifically, the inscription on such a tablet, from the Latin hic jacet ‘here lies,’ a common introduction to a gravestone epitaph.

Among the knightly brasses of the graves,

And by the cold Hic Jacets of the dead.

(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien, 1859)

marble orchard A graveyard or necropolis; also, bone orchard. This American slang expression is clearly derived from the multitudinous stone tablets in cemeteries.

A couple more punches and it would have been the marble orchard for him. (B. Broadfoot, Ten Lost Years, 1973)

put to bed with a shovel See DRUNKENNESS.

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

burial

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

Related words
fear taphephobia

burial

noun

An act of placing a body in a grave or tomb:

entombment, inhumation, interment.

Translations

دَفْن

pohřeb

begravelse

BeerdigungBegräbnisBestattung

ταφήταφικός

entierrosepelio

enterrementobsèques

jarîarför, greftrun

sepolcralesepolturatomba

begravelsegravferdgravlegging

похороны

pogreb

defingömme

埋葬

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

burial

[ˈbɛriəl] n

(= interment) → enterrement m

(= ceremony) → funérailles fplburial ground n → cimetière mburial mound n → tumulus m

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

burial

[ˈbərɪəl] n → sepoltura, seppellimento

bury

(ˈberi) verb

1. to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc. begrawe يَدْفِنُ погребвам enterrar pohřbít begraben begrave θάβωenterrar matma به خاک سپردن؛ دفن کردن haudata enterrer לִקבוֹר दफनाना pokopati (el)temet mengubur grafa seppellire 埋葬する 파묻다 (pa)laidoti apglabāt; apbedīt tanam begravenbegrave, gravleggepochować خښول، خاوروته سپارل enterrar a îngropa хоронить pochovať pokopati sahraniti begrava ฝังศพ gömmek, defnetmek 掩埋(屍體) ховати دفن کرنا chôn cất 掩埋（尸体）

2. to hide (under the ground etc). My socks are buried somewhere in this drawer. verberg يُخفي، يخبّئ، يَطْمُرُ заравям esconder zahrabat verbergen gemme sig under κρύβω, θάβωesconder matma, peitma پنهان کردن piilottaa enfouir לִטמוֹן छिपाना zamenuti elás menyembunyikan grafa, fela sotterrare 埋める 감추다 (pa)slėpti, užkasti paslēpt; aprakt timbus verbergengjemme under noeschować, zakopać پټ کول esconder a ascunde зарывать; прятать zahrabať zakopati sakriti gräva ner ฝัง (อยู่ใต้) gizlemek, gömmek 埋藏 ховати چھپے ہوئے ، پو شیدہ giấu đi 埋藏

ˈburial noun

(an instance of) burying (a dead body) in a grave etc. my grandfather's burial: (also adjective) a burial service. begrafnis دَفْن погребение enterro pohřeb(ní) das Begräbnis begravelse ενταφιασμόςentierro matus مراسم خاک سپاری hautaus enterrementקבר दफन, शव कक्ष pokop temetés penguburan jarðarför, greftrun sepoltura 埋葬 매장 laidotuvės bēres; apbedīšana; bēru- pengebumian begrafenis, begrafenis- begravelse, gravlegging; gravferdpogrzeb د خښولو مراسم enterro (de) în­mor­mântare похороны; ритуальныи pohreb; pohrebný pogreb, pogreben sahrana begravning งานศพ gömme, defin 埋葬 похорон; похоронний دفنانے کا عمل việc chôn cất 埋葬

bury the hatchet

to stop quarrelling. Let's bury the hatchet and be friends. vrede maak يَدْفِنُ الأحْقاد، يَفُضُّ النِّزاع، يَعْقِدُ صُلْحا заравям томахавката fazer as pazes zakopat válečnou sekeru das Kriegsbeil begraben begrave stridsøksen συμφιλιώνομαι enterrar el hacha de guerra sõjakirvest maha matma صلح کردن haudata sotakirves enterrer la hache de guerre לְהַפְסִיק וִיכּוּח मतभेद खत्म करना zakopati sjekiru elássa a csatabárdot menghentikan pertengkaran semja um frið seppellire l'ascia di guerra 仲直りする 화해하다 susitaikyti salīgt mieru berhenti bergaduh de strijdbijl begraven begrave stridsøksen, slutte å krangle zawrzeć pokój صلح کول fazer as pazes a îngropa secu­rea războiului заключить мир zakopať vojnovú sekeru zakopati bojno sekiro zakopati ratnu sekiru gräva ner stridsyxan เลิกโต้เถียง kavgaya son vermek 停止爭吵 укласти мир جھگڑا ، دشمنی ختم کرنا làm lành 制止争吵