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

Inside, a solitary rock bears a stone slab that simply reads: “In Memory of Those Interred in This Plot.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2021

Interred here are two Founding Fathers whose signatures can be seen behind glass at the National Archives.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015

From kings of men We wander; then We're quickly brought To kings of thought, For poets lie Interred hard by.

From London Town by Crane, Thomas

The stranger king, who cometh from afar, Whose fathers' sacred ashes do not lie Interred among us; can he love our land?

From Maid of Orleans by Schiller, Friedrich

But what avails his conquest? now he lies Interred in earth, a prey for worms and flies.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

Related Words

• covered
• hidden