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interred

interred

8.0
Put in a grave or tomb after death
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtɜrd/
  • Formal
translation icon : inhumado
  • The remains were interred in a quiet cemetery on the hillside.

And they are usually built for the project and when they finish digging, they are sort of taken off course and they sort of remain interred at the level.

Examples

  • The soldier was interred with full military honors.

  • Many interred soldiers were later identified and honored by their families.

  • The interred artifacts revealed much about the ancient civilization.

  • He was interred.

  • The remains were interred in a quiet cemetery on the hillside.

  • Many interred soldiers were later identified and honored by their families.

  • The soldier was interred with full military honors.

Synonyms

to lay to rest
vsinterred
21 4.0

To bury someone after a funeral

refers to the state of being placed in a grave rather than the act
inhumed
vsinterred
  • Formal
9.9

Put in a grave under the ground

is the same meaning but adds tomb as an alternative
buried
vsinterred
2.7

Placed in the ground and covered with earth after death

also covers entombment rather than only earth burial

Antonyms

to exhume
  • Specialized
34 8.1

To dig up a body from the ground for checking or burying again

Surface Forms

interred positive

Morphology

interred = inter (transparent) = inter + ed

Derived regularly from the verb 'inter' with the past participle suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'buried' follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Interred comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'in' and terra meaning 'earth'. Think of terra as in terrain or territory, both meaning 'land'. So interred literally means 'put into the earth' and is used for a person or object that has been buried in a grave.