interment
UK/ɪnˈtɜːmənt//ɪnˈtɝmənt/
interment noun: the act of burying a dead body; burial.
Noun
interment (countable and uncountable, plural interments)
- The act of burying a dead body; burial.
- In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield, although not of the usual figure-of-eight shape. A false neck vase, however, that belongs almost certainly to the same interment is, in shape and...1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 101
- She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 784
- Synonyms:
- burial, deposition obs., inhumation, deep six idiom
interment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
interment in Tamil
- The act of burying a dead body; burial
- அடக்கம் aṭakkam
interment in Urdu
- تدفین
interment in Bengali
- কবর দেওয়া, সমাধি, অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়া
interment in Malayalam
- burial, burying, committal
- കുഴിച്ചിടൽ, ശ്മശാനക്രിയ, അടക്കൽ, അടക്ക്, ശവം അടക്കൽ, ശവം കുഴിച്ചിടൽ
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- interment in Kannada
- ಹೆಣ ಹೂಳುವುದು, ಹೆಣ ಹುಗಿತ, ಸಮಾಧಿ ಮಾಡುವುದು, ಧಫನು
- interment in Arabic
- دَفْن dafn
- interment in Persian
- دفن dafn, خاکسپاری xāksipāri
Synonyms of interment
- burial
- deposition obs.
- inhumation
- deep six idiom
Antonyms
Forms of interment
| plural | interments |
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Origin of interment
From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.
Words that rhyme with interment
Questions about interment
- What does interment mean?
- Interment means the act of burying a dead body; burial.
- What is interment in Tamil?
- Interment in Tamil is அடக்கம் (aṭakkam). See Interment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is interment?
- Interment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce interment?
- Interment is pronounced /ɪnˈtɝmənt/ (US).
- What is the plural of interment?
- The plural of interment is interments.
Words near interment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interment (page history and authors); interment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Interment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interment (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); interment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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