burial
The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earthThe act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
» They couldn't give Tom a proper burial.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
His whole family was present at his burial.
The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.
Begräbnis
захороне́ниеzaxoronénije, погребе́ниеpogrebénije, по́хороныpóxorony
похова́нняpoxovánnja, по́хоронpóxoron
- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- concealing something under the ground
Examples
31 sentencesThey couldn't give Tom a proper burial.
The procession proceeded to the burial site.
Gustavo gave the fetus a proper burial.
Tom couldn't afford a proper burial for Mary.
The place of his death and burial is, however, unknown.
deDer Ort seines Todes und seiner Bestattung ist jedoch nicht bekannt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plFrom Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.
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Forms
plural: burialsSynonyms
5 synonyms- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave:entombmentinhumationintermentsepulture
- concealing something under the ground:burying
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable