inhume
Place in earth
To inhume is to bury a body in the earth—a formal or literary synonym for inter.
The word appears mainly in legal, archaeological, or funeral contexts: The remains were inhumed in the family plot.
The opposite is exhume.
burial
Commit to earth
- entombSeal in a sepulcher
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
- casketBurial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
grave · tomb · cemetery · graveyard · necropolis · crypt · mausoleum · vault
inter
Commit to earth
coffin · grave · tomb · cemetery · graveyard · necropolis · crypt · mausoleum · vault · catacomb
funeral
Service honoring the dead
dirge · mourning · bereavement · pallbearer · hearse · mortician · embalm · shroud · cremation · memorial
soil
Ground matter for planting
loam · shovel · excavation · mound · digging · sod · pit · trench · earthen