MEANING
The burial of a dead body or its remains.
Use it for
Burial records, discreet funerals, concealed or disputed resting places.Use precise formal language when documents and funeral arrangements matter.
Words that belong together
- private interment
- place of interment
- interment of the remains
On the page
The register gave the interment date but left the name blank.
Only two relatives attended the interment.
A second interment had disturbed the older grave.
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Word forms
- Base
- interment
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Formal; do not confuse with internment, detention. Burial may follow a separate funeral service. Plural interments.
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