Interment

/ɪnˈtɝmənt/

Synonyms for "interment" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(10 words)
burialentombmentartifact burialburial actionburial actionsburial ceremonyburial practiceburial-actionburial-action contextburials
Adjective(1 words)
archaeological burial

Strong matches (17)

Verb(3 words)
bury the bodybury the deadburying treasure

Related words (28)

Noun(9 words)
funeral servicegrave intermentinhumationinterringmore burial-actionsepulcheringsepulturetime capsule burialtombing
Verb(1 words)
interring the remains
Preposition(1 words)
into the ground
Determiner(1 words)
most burial-action

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

6 entries
ceremonydeath ritesfuneralfuneral practiceobsequyritual

More specific

4 entries
burial ritefuneral servicein-ground burialmausoleum burial

Collocations

6 entries
burial servicecemetery intermentinterment ceremonyinterment serviceprivate intermentsolemn interment

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Neighbors went hastily to the old tumble-down hut, in which she had secured little more than a place of shelter from summer heats and winter cold: some with grave-clothes for a decent interment of the body; and some with food for the half-starving children, three in number.

Source: tatoeba (11249231)

In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield, although not of the usual figure-of-eight shape. A false neck vase, however, that belongs almost certainly to the same interment is, in shape and design, similar to one found at Muliana in company with two late bronze broadswords, and bronze brooches like those found at Thunder Hill.

Source: wiktionary

She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source: wiktionary

The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.

Source: wiktionary

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