| Main Entry: | burial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laying in of dead body |
Synonyms: |
burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
| Main Entry: | cover-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information |
Synonyms: |
burial, camouflage, closeting, complicity, concealment, conspiracy, disguising, dissimulation, evasion, front, hush-up, masking, placing under wraps, pretense, seal of secrecy, smoke-screen, veil of secrecy, whitewash |
| Main Entry: | funeral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony for the dead |
Synonyms: |
burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities |
Antonyms: |
baptism, christening |
| Main Entry: | mausoleum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tomb |
Synonyms: |
burial, burial chamber, burial place, catacomb, cemetery, charnel house, coffin, crypt, grave, monument, sepulcher, vault |
| Main Entry: | tomb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
Synonyms: |
box, burial, burial chamber, catacomb, coffin, crypt, grave, mausoleum, monument, pit, sepulcher, trough, vault |
| Main Entry: | deep six |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disposal |
Synonyms: |
burial, burial at sea, bury, dumping, jettison, throw away |
| Main Entry: | sepulcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grave |
Synonyms: |
burial, catacomb, crypt, entomb, necropolis, repository, tomb, vault |