Meaning & use
Interring
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Placing a dead body into a grave or tomb; burying.
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The ceremony concluded with the priest interring the coffin in the family plot.
Archaeologists found evidence of interring the deceased alongside valuable grave goods.
A note on using this word
Not to be confused with 'interning,' which refers to working as a trainee; 'inter' comes from the Latin 'terra,' meaning earth.
Words with a similar meaning
buryingentombing
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Words with an opposite meaning
exhumingdisinterring
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