noun

the substance that remains after a person’s body has been cremated (=burned after death)

noun

a wooden structure for putting a coffin (=a container for a dead body) on

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a casket for a dead body

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the process of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground at a funeral

verb

to put someone’s dead body in the ground during a funeral ceremony

noun

a coffin for a dead body

noun

a long box in which a dead person is buried

noun

a long line of people and cars taking part in a funeral

noun

ashes that are left after cremation

verb

to burn the body of a dead person

noun

a building where the bodies of dead people are cremated

noun

a slow sad song often sung at a funeral

verb

to dig a dead body out of the ground

verb

to preserve a dead body using chemicals. A person who does this as a job is called an embalmer.

verb

to put a dead person in a tomb (=an underground room)

noun

a short piece of writing that honors a dead person, especially one written on their grave

noun

a speech at a funeral about the person who has died

noun

someone who arranges for the instructions of a dead person’s will to be followed

verb

to remove a dead person’s body from where it is buried, especially in order to find out how they died

noun

a ceremony that takes place after someone dies, usually including a religious ceremony, and the formal process of taking the body to the place where it is buried or cremated

noun

relating to a funeral

noun

someone whose job is to organize funerals

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a place where the body of a dead person is prepared and kept before the funeral, and where relatives and friends may go to see it

adjective

relating to funerals or graves

noun

someone whose job is to dig graves

verb

to bury a dead person

noun

the act of burying a dead person

to prepare a dead body so that people can come to see it before it is buried

verb

used for saying where someone is buried

noun

a building or room where dead bodies are kept temporarily

noun

someone whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare dead bodies for being buried

noun

a place where a dead body is kept and prepared for a funeral

noun

a morgue

noun

a place where a dead body is kept

noun

someone who is at a funeral, especially a relative or close friend of the dead person

noun

the process or ceremony of expressing great sadness because someone has died

verb

to preserve a dead body by treating it with special oils and wrapping it in long narrow pieces of cloth to prevent it from decaying

noun

a funeral ceremony

noun

a coffin

noun

a thick cloth used for covering a coffin

noun

someone who helps to carry a coffin at a funeral

noun

a high pile of wood for burning a dead body in a funeral ceremony

verb

to be buried in a particular place

verb

a word meaning to be buried somewhere, used when you think it will upset someone if you say this word

noun

a stone box, used in some ancient cultures for putting a dead body in

noun

a piece of cloth that is wrapped around a dead body before it is buried

verb

to wrap a dead body in a piece of cloth

noun

a large flat surface that a dead person is laid on in a mortuary

noun

a funeral director

noun

the business of an undertaker

noun

a container for the ashes of a dead person after the body has been burned

noun

a meeting of friends and relations before or after a funeral to remember the person who has died

noun

a piece of cloth that a dead person is wrapped in before they are buried

noun

a circle of flowers or leaves that you put on a grave to show that you are remembering the dead person

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a letter that you write or a book that you write in to show that you are sorry that someone has died

a funeral ceremony that takes place on a ship, in which the dead person’s body is dropped into the sea

if an important person who has died lies in state or is buried in state, they receive a formal public funeral

to bury someone’s body in a ceremony after they have died

if the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is put in a public place for people to go and look at

to go to someone’s funeral