burial.

The act of placing a dead body or remains in the ground, or a particular instance of it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• burial ground
• private burial

On the page

The burial took place at the edge of the village cemetery.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular burial; plural burials. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: moderately common.