请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 burial
释义

burial

noun

buri·​al ˈber-ē-əl How to pronounce burial (audio)
ˈbe-rē-,
 also  ˈbər-ē-
often attributive
1
: grave, tomb
2
: the act or process of burying

Synonyms

  • burying
  • entombing
  • entombment
  • inhumation
  • interment
  • interring
  • obsequy
  • obsequies
  • sepulture
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

They prepared the body for burial. She wanted to give him a proper burial. Did you attend the burial? The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.
Recent Examples on the Web And on a hill to the east is an unmarked African burial ground, the extent of which is just now being rediscovered. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 One of the suit’s loudest critics is Billy Campbell, a cofounder of the first conservation burial ground in the US. William Ralston, Wired, 26 July 2022 Welcome to the earliest and largest African burial ground in the United States. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 Angels lore is full of curses, including the original claim that the team never would win because its stadium was built upon the site of a Native American burial ground. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2022 Saqqara served as an important ancient Egyptian burial ground for more than 3,000 years. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2022 The entire burial ground was much larger, but covered by impenetrable woods. Char Adams, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022 Seth speculates that his happening upon that burial ground and triggering the brave’s attack interrupted his mission of vengeance and saved Jack McCall’s life. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021 Beans’ journey begins when she is caught up in the real protests that unfolded after the mayor of Oka, a town near Montreal, announced plans to expand a golf course onto land containing a sacred Mohawk burial ground. New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English beriel, berial, back-formation from beriels (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb, Old English byrgan to bury — more at bury

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

burial

noun

buri·​al ˈber-ē-əl How to pronounce burial (audio)
: the act of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb

burial

noun

1
as in funeral
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • funeral
  • interment
  • entombment
  • burying
  • inhumation
  • interring
  • obsequies
  • entombing
  • sepulture
  • reburial
  • embalmment
  • reinterment
  • obsequy
  • inurnment
  • immurement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • exhumation
  • cremation
  • disinterment
  • unearthing
2
as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tomb
  • grave
  • cemetery
  • sepulcher
  • sepulchre
  • sepulture
  • churchyard
  • mausoleum
  • graveyard
  • vault
  • crypt
  • catacomb
  • columbarium
  • charnel
  • tumulus
  • charnel house
  • mound
  • barrow
  • potter's field
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 4:15:25