burial

«burial» in Mova's school dictionary: The act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a burial, burials); verb bury (buried)

meaning for a pupil

1) The act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave. tree →

2) A ceremony when a dead person is buried; a funeral. tree →

3) Putting something under the ground (the burial of rubbish or treasure). tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons: ancient burials, burial mounds, burial grounds tell us how people lived. In stories and family life: a burial after someone has «passed away». Phrases: burial ground, burial site, burial at sea.

examples

• The burial took place in the village churchyard. tree →
• Archaeologists found a Viking burial site. tree →
• The Egyptians built pyramids for royal burials. tree →
• Some sailors have a burial at sea. tree →
• The family gathered for Grandpa's burial. tree →
• The burial of waste can harm the soil. tree →
• He went to a festival, but it was a burial feast. tree →

note

Spelling: bur-i-al, from bury (y changes to i). Pronounced BERR-ee-ul, like «berry». Different from cremation (burning the body). Gentle words around death: «laid to rest».

In the corpora

• Some fossils catch a moment, such as a fish with another fish in its mouth, because fast burial froze the scene.
• In many Muslim families the funeral and burial happen very quickly, often within a day.
• In a burial the coffin is lowered into a grave in a cemetery or churchyard.
• He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «burial» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.