sepulture

English Thesaurus

1. a chamber that is used as a grave (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	chamber,
definition	:	a natural or artificial enclosed space (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	grave, tomb,
definition	:	a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	crypt,
definition	:	a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	mausoleum,
definition	:	a large burial chamber, usually above ground (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	monument, repository,
definition	:	a burial vault (usually for some famous person) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	burial vault, vault,
definition	:	a burial chamber (usually underground) (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre,
definition	:	the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection (noun.artifact)

2. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave (noun.event)

hypernym	:	funeral,
definition	:	a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated (noun.event)

3. a chamber that is used as a grave (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	funereal, sepulchral,
definition	:	suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial (adj.all)

derivation	:	sepulchral,
definition	:	of or relating to a sepulchre (adj.pert)

4. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave (noun.event)

derivation	:	bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest,
definition	:	place in a grave or tomb (verb.social)

5. a chamber that is used as a grave (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	funereal, sepulchral,
definition	:	suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial (adj.all)

derivation	:	sepulchral,
definition	:	of or relating to a sepulchre (adj.pert)

6. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave (noun.event)

derivation	:	bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest,
definition	:	place in a grave or tomb (verb.social)