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

Her remains were instead interred in a remote cemetery, far from the family home.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

After a memorial service in France and a Cuban state funeral, his ashes were interred in Havana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

When Willie Lincoln, the third son of President Lincoln, died at age 11 of typhoid fever, he was interred in a mausoleum in Oak Hill Cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

She called the Osage chief, and Anna’s skull was retrieved and, at a quiet ceremony, interred with her other remains.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Related Words

• covered
• hidden