interment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of burying a dead body; burial.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɝmənt/ /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/ en-us-interment.ogg

Word forms

interment interments

Etymology

From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.

Synonyms

burial deposition obs. inhumation deep six idiom
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