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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grave |
| Synonyms: | catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, final resting place, last home, mausoleum, mound, ossuary, permanent address, place of interment, resting place, sepulcher, shrine, six feet under, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay to rest after death |
| Synonyms: | consign to grave, cover up, deposit, embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, lay out, mummify, plant*, put away, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Notes: | a berry is a small, juicy fruit; bury is to place in the ground |
| Antonyms: | dig out, disinter, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bury |
| Synonyms: | embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, hold last rites for, hold services for, inhume, inter, inurn, lay to rest, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Main Entry: | funeral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony for the dead |
| Synonyms: | burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities |
| Antonyms: | baptism, christening |
| Main Entry: | inter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bury |
| Synonyms: | cover up, entomb, inhume, inurn, lay to rest, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Notes: | to exter is to dig out of the earth, the opposite of inter |
| Antonyms: | dig up, exhume |
| Main Entry: | interment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial |
| Synonyms: | burying, entombment, funeral, inhumation, inurning, obsequy, sepulture |
| Notes: | interment is burial; internment is detention |
| Main Entry: | entombment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial |
| Synonyms: | funeral, interment, inurnment, sepulture |
| Main Entry: | cinerarium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | columbarium |
| Synonyms: | crypt, mausoleum, ossuarium, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | inhumation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial |
| Synonyms: | burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
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