"inhumation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ Forms: inhumations [plural]
Etymology: From inhume + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inhume|ation}} inhume + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inhumation (countable and uncountable, plural inhumations)
  1. The act of burial. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of burial): погребение (pogrebenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), inhumació [feminine] (Catalan), inhumation [feminine] (French), inhumación (Galician), enterramento [masculine] (Galician), soterramento [masculine] (Galician), Inhumation (english: archeological) [feminine] (German), Erdbestattung [feminine] (German), Beerdigung [feminine] (German), inumazione [feminine] (Italian), كوممه (gömme) (Ottoman Turkish), تدفین (tedfin) (Ottoman Turkish), inhumacja [feminine] (Polish), pochówek [masculine] (Polish), inhumación (english: archeological) [feminine] (Spanish), entierro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inhumation-en-noun-nKr9kAca Disambiguation of 'The act of burial': 87 13 0
  2. The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inhumation-en-noun-jM7dPebO Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 45 53
  3. (medicine) Arenation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-inhumation-en-noun-vbUUMldw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 34 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 3 34 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 45 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 27 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 32 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 32 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 28 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 32 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 30 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 28 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 2 42 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 36 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 27 72 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment

Inflected forms

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