Interment

Quick meaning: Interment is a noun meaning The act of burying a dead body; burial.

Meaning

The act of burying a dead body; burial.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• interments

Synonyms for interment

Depending on context, synonyms include burial, inhumation, sepulture, entombment.

Antonyms for interment

Common opposites include disinterment, exhumation, unearthing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inhumation, burial, sepulture, entombment, funeral, reception.

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