noun
burial
BEH-ree-uhl
noun
1
The act of placing a dead body into the ground.
"The family held a small burial at the local cemetery."
How to Use Burial
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe ceremony or act of putting someone's body in the ground after death.
Common pairings
burial site
burial ground
live burial
Word Forms
burials plural
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Etymology
From an Old English word related to "bury", though its ending was originally misread as a plural and reshaped into today's form.