interred
Put to rest
Interred is the past tense of inter, meaning to bury a body in a grave or tomb: She was interred beside her husband.
The word is formal and appears most often in obituaries, historical accounts, and ceremonial contexts.
Not to be confused with interned, which means confined or detained.
Sealed in burial chamber
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- enshrinedMade permanently sacred
- coffinedPlaced in burial container
laid to rest · consigned · deposited · reburied · exhumed · unearthed · remains · bones
Place for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
vault · catacomb · sepulcher · ossuary · necropolis · charnel house · columbarium · burial ground
Service honoring the dead
- burial ritesCeremonies for interring deceased
- gravesideBeside a burial plot
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
- processionFormal moving line
lowering · eulogy · mourners · clergy · last rites · shroud · graveclothes · casket
Memorial slab marking burial
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- grave markerMonument identifying burial spot
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
plaque · inscription · memorial · tribute · remembrance · eternal rest · perpetual care · resting place
entombed
Sealed in burial chamber
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- enshrinedMade permanently sacred
coffined · laid to rest · consigned · deposited · reburied · exhumed · unearthed · remains · bones · ashes
cemetery
Place for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
mausoleum · vault · catacomb · sepulcher · ossuary · necropolis · charnel house · columbarium · burial ground · churchyard
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- burial ritesCeremonies for interring deceased
- gravesideBeside a burial plot
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
procession · lowering · eulogy · mourners · clergy · last rites · shroud · graveclothes · casket · urn
headstone
Memorial slab marking burial
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- grave markerMonument identifying burial spot
monument · plaque · inscription · memorial · tribute · remembrance · eternal rest · perpetual care · resting place