interment

From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɝmənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənt

interment (countable and uncountable, plural interments)

1. The act of burying a dead body; burial.
   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 784:

     She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 189:

     The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.

• See also Thesaurus:interment

• internment