burialnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈber.i.əl/us/ˈber.i.əl/C2 the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected with this:
We went back to Ireland for my uncle's burial.
See also
bury
More examples
- Nearby another team is excavating some possible Stone-Age burials.
- The soldiers' bodies will be flown back to the UK for burial.
- From the finds in the grave, and the location, we are confident that this is a Roman burial.
- All the burials that have take place in the parish are recorded in this register.
- In the course of his duties the minister will also conduct baptisms, marriages and burials.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- ash
- body bag
- casket
- coffin
- cremate
- cryonics
- exhume
- ghat
- green burial
- inter
- interment
- lay
- mummify
- natural burial
- sarcophagus
- sati
- shroud
- stuff
- suttee
- taxidermist
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Idiom(s)
burial at sea