interment

Everyday

1. (formal) Interment is the burying of a dead person's body in a grave or tomb. tree →
2. (formal) An interment is one burial, the ceremony when a body is laid in the ground. tree →

In the lessons

A stiff, formal word heard at funerals, in newspapers, church notices and old stories; it tells the reader that someone has died and is being buried with respect. Phrases: «interment will follow», «private interment», «place of interment». In history lessons it appears with old graves and burial customs.

Examples

• The interment took place in the village churchyard. tree →
• After the church service, the family went to the cemetery for the interment. tree →
• The notice said «Interment private, family only». tree →
• Archaeologists study the interment of ancient kings. tree →
• Grandad's interment was quiet and peaceful. tree →
• The Egyptians prepared bodies carefully before interment. tree →
• Flowers were laid on the grave after the interment. tree →
• When the place of interment was reached the corpse was lowered, just as it was, into a deep pit. tree →

Note

Trap: do not mix up «interment» (burial) with «internment» (locking people up, often in wartime) — one letter changes the meaning. Everyday word: burial. Not about «intern» (a trainee).