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burial

DEFINITIONS OF: burial

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n the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Synonyms:
entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture
Type of:
funeral
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

n concealing something under the ground

Synonyms:
burying
Types:
reburial, reburying
the act of burying again
Type of:
concealing, concealment, hiding
the activity of keeping something secret
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