funeral

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see also DIE

- to put a dead body in the ground: bury sb; noun (C/U): burial
The body was taken back to his home town for burial.
- to burn a dead body: cremate sb; noun (C/U): cremation
Would you rather be buried or cremated?
- a ceremony (usually in a church) for burying or burning a dead person: funeral
Are you going to the funeral? ◎ It was a very moving funeral service.
- a box in which a dead body is placed: coffin (AmE casket)
- a car (or other vehicle) in which a dead body is carried to the funeral: hearse
- an area in which dead bodies are buried: cemetery
- a cemetery near a church: graveyard, burial ground
- the place in which a dead body is buried: grave
to dig a grave ◎ We put flowers on the grave.
- a large, elaborate grave, often with a carved stone above it: tomb
- a stone above a grave that shows the name of the person buried there: gravestone, tombstone
- a building in which dead bodies are burned: crematorium (plural crematoria or crematoriums)
- a container in which the ashes of a dead person are placed: urn
- a person whose business is to organize funerals: undertaker, funeral director (AmE also mortician)
- a person who goes to a funeral as a relative or friend of the person who has died: mourner
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- words about a dead person, especially those written on a tombstone: epitaph