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Words related to burial
bur·i·al
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tomb
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave. -
burial ground
A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place. -
kurgan
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains. -
necropolis
a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city. -
adipocere
a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses -
amratian
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.