burial
Laying to rest
Burial is the act of placing a dead body in the ground or a tomb.
The word extends to anything interred or hidden away: the burial of toxic waste, the burial of old memories.
A burial can also be the ceremony surrounding interment: We attended his burial at the family plot.
Tribute for the dead
- wakePath left in water
- casketBurial container
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
cortege · dirge · procession · service · vigil · viewing · obituary · condolences
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
coffin · digging · shovel · earth · soil · lowering · marker · wreath
Subterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- vaultSecure storage chamber
sarcophagus · ossuary · necropolis · charnel · chamber · pyramid · barrow · cairn
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- offeringsThings presented or given
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- libationCeremonial drink offering
incantation · priest · shaman · chanting · purification · customs · tradition · shroud
Burning the deceased
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- vikingMedieval Nordic raider
- pyreFuneral burning heap
sarcophagus · barrow · tumulus · catacombs · columbarium · urn · ashes · scattering
Text honoring the deceased
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
remembrance · legacy · anniversary · shrine · marker · inscription · dedication · cenotaph
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
pallbearer · cortege · dirge · procession · service · vigil · viewing · obituary · condolences · undertaker
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
cemetery · coffin · digging · shovel · earth · soil · lowering · marker · wreath · ground
crypt
Subterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
vault · sarcophagus · ossuary · necropolis · charnel · chamber · pyramid · barrow · cairn · tumulus
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
libation · incantation · priest · shaman · chanting · purification · customs · tradition · shroud · anointing
cremation
Burning the deceased
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- vikingMedieval Nordic raider
pyre · sarcophagus · barrow · tumulus · catacombs · columbarium · urn · ashes · scattering · repatriation
epitaph
Text honoring the deceased
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- tributeOffering of respect
commemoration · remembrance · legacy · anniversary · shrine · marker · inscription · dedication · cenotaph · flowers
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
lamentation · tears · anguish · weeping · wailing · keening · grieving · heartache · widow · black
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- cemeteriescemetery, grave, headstones, headstone, gravesites
- funeral customsfuneral, cremation, funeral procession, casket, mourning
- funeralsfuneral, cremation, casket, coffin, funeral homes
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
burialexhumation
Recovering buried remains
disinterment · unearthing · unburial · excavation · digging up
burialcremation
Burning the deceased
incineration · sky burial · cryonics · Viking funeral · composting
burialexposure
State of being unprotected
revelation · uncovering · display · exhibition · discovery
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- buried aliveEntombed before death
- buried the hatchetSettled a dispute peacefully
- burial vaultsSecure chambers for remains
- dead and buriedEntirely finished, past recovery
- burial groundsLand for interring remains
buried, buries, burials, burial chamber, unburied, burial ground, reburial, burial mounds, burial mound