Meaning & use
interment
The formal burial of a dead body, typically as part of a funeral ceremony.
See it in a sentence
The interment took place quietly at the family plot the following week.
Military honors were given at the soldier's interment in the national cemetery.
A note on using this word
Do not confuse "interment" (burial) with "internment" (imprisonment); the spellings differ by one letter.
Words with a similar meaning
burialentombment
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Words with an opposite meaning
exhumation
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