Inter

//ɪnˈtɚ// name, verb

name, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bury in a grave.

    "The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C."

  2. 2
    place in a grave or tomb wordnet
  3. 3
    To confine, as in a prison.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Inter Milan football team

Synonyms

All synonyms
buryburyentombinhumecross-burst

Example

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"My favorite team is Inter Milano in Italy."

Etymology

From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).

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