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# interment

noun (interment, interments); uncountable for the act, countable for one burial

«interment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Interment is the burying of a dead person's body in a grave or tomb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#m1)
2. (formal) An interment is one burial, the ceremony when a body is laid in the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x1)
- After the church service, the family went to the cemetery for the interment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x2)
- The notice said «Interment private, family only». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x3)
- Archaeologists study the interment of ancient kings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x4)
- Grandad's interment was quiet and peaceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x5)
- The Egyptians prepared bodies carefully before interment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x6)
- Flowers were laid on the grave after the interment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x7)
- When the place of interment was reached the corpse was lowered, just as it was, into a deep pit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/#x8)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interment.html) on Mova free.