interred

American  

[in-turd] / ɪnˈtɜrd /

adjective

1. (of a dead body) placed in a grave or tomb; buried.

   These places are sacred because they contain the interred remains of our loved ones.

2. forgotten or removed from consideration, as if buried.

   One of the priority tasks for these activists is to recover the interred heritage of Latin America's revolutionary movements.

3. placed in the earth or underground.

   Anodes are installed on the interred sections of pipeline to reduce the corrosion caused by electrochemical action.

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noun

1. Usually the interred a person or persons buried in a grave or tomb.

   Most of the interred did not have individual grave markers.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of inter.

Other Word Forms

• uninterred adjective

Etymology

Origin of interred

inter ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Evidence suggests the site was prepared with care, and the victims were interred with personal belongings such as bronze jewellery and ceramic drinking vessels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Valentino will be cremated, with his ashes interred at Rome's Flaminio Cemetery.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The next morning, we detour north to the Ossuaire de Douaumont, where the remains of 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun are interred inside a giant stone memorial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The jewels "cannot be treated as specimens" but as the "sacred body and originally interred offerings to the sacred body" of the Buddha, the post said.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

The Chinchorro mummies were often repainted, indicating that they were not quickly interred but kept on display, perhaps for years.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Related Words

• covered
• hidden