burials
SayBER-ee-uhlz/ˈbɛɹiəlz/UK/ˈbɛɹɪəlz/
- 1Plural of burial.
Archaeologists uncovered dozens of ancient burials beneath the field.
The town recorded more burials than baptisms during the plague years.
Note
Only the countable use takes an -s. Each burial is a single event, so a parish register can tally them across a year. When the word names the practice in general, as in a right to burial or burial at sea, it stays uncountable and has no plural. A quick test is whether a number fits in front: three burials works, but 'customs of burials' reads better as burial customs or customs of burial.
burials is a form of burial
burial, noun: The act of burying a dead body, especially by placing the remains in the ground; interment. Full entry
- Forms
- burialburials plural
- Spelling
- burial → burials: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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