sky burial
sky burial · sky burials
Himmelsbestattung
A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor…A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor structure to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor structure to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals.
Himmelsbestattung
a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures
Translations
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By meaning 1
funeral practice:
Forms
plural: sky burials| Singular | sky burial |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedaranga
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable