interred

[ in-turd ]

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.

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 ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·in·terred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of interred¹

inter ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The young man was buried in an alleyway beside the house because it was too dangerous to go to the cemetery where his father - who died before the war - was interred.

From BBC

Three months later, Muhammed is still interred in the alleyway.

From BBC

Among other things, it decreed that “a miscarried or aborted fetus must be interred or cremated.”

From Slate

All are interred with full military honours in ceremonies featuring a rifle salute and current soldiers from Scottish regiments.

From BBC

They were among more than 40 soldiers whose remains were interred during a ceremony in the town, near the city of Lille, on Wednesday.

From BBC

Related Words

• covered
• hidden