INHUMATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Synonyms:

burial; entombment; inhumation; interment; sepulture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("inhumation" is a kind of...):

funeral; obsequy (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated)

Derivation:

inhume (place in a grave or tomb)

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