burial

/ˈbɛɹɪəl/ /ˈbɛɹiəl/

Meanings

noun

The act of burying; interment

Examples :

"The family held a private burial for their grandmother in the cemetery. "

Related Words

grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

interment noun

/ɪnˈtɜrmənt/ /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/

The act of burying a dead body; burial.

"The family held a private ceremony before the interment of their grandmother. "

held verb

/ˈhɛld/

To grasp or grip.

"Hold the pencil like this."

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

their pronoun

/ðeər/

Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.

"They brought their books with them."

cemetery noun

/ˈsem.ɘˌtiɘɹ.i/ /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/ /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/

A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

"The family visited the cemetery to place flowers on Grandma's grave. "

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for conjunction

/fɔːr/

In order to.

"I saved money for a new car."

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

"Our family lives in town."

act noun

/æk/

Something done, a deed.

"an act of goodwill"

burying verb

/ˈbɛriɪŋ/ /ˈbɛriŋ/

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

"The family is burying their beloved grandmother in the old cemetery. "

private noun

/ˈpɹaɪvət/

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

"The new private joined the army today. "