burial

noun

SayBER-ee-uhl/ˈbɛɹiəl/UK/ˈbɛɹɪəl/

1 meaning of burial

1
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of putting a dead body into the ground.
Like placing something deep in the soil so it stays there.
The burial took place on a cold, gray morning.
They dug the grave and got it ready for the burial.
Similarinterment, funeral, entombment
Oppositeexhumation, disinterment

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Origin

It comes from Old English 'byrgan', meaning 'to bury'.