embalmment

noun

Definition of embalmmentnext
as in funeral

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  1. funeral
  2. interment
  3. burial
Noun
  • Finn Keane is holding a funeral for himself — or for his pseudonym, anyway.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Five or six missiles had hit a neighboring house where a funeral was under way, killing one of the family’s neighbors and injuring about 60 others.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of funeral
Noun
  • The Long Island sisters sued Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Fountain Inn, S.C., and Star of David Memorial Chapels in West Babylon, New York, for $60 million in damages after the interment imbroglio last February.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The first interments were made in 1867, and, according to an inspection report in May 1871, there were 1,210 interments, most of which were unidentified white soldiers.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
Definition of interment
Noun
  • One Navy veteran will also receive a traditional burial at sea, and additional urns will be reunited with family in Rhode Island, New York, and Maine.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • With millennials leading chills, composting bills that expand the legalization of Natural Organic Reduction have been passed in 12 states, leading to greater ubiquity of green burial options at funeral homes.
    Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of burial
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