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

Derived Forms

• uninterred
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of interred

inter ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

In 1989, during the French revolutionary bicentennial celebrations, Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon, but Brissot, who advocated the export of the revolution to other nations by force, remains a less-celebrated figure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A lot of the people interred there are from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and now it’s becoming a place where filmmakers and musicians and artists are considering for their final resting place.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

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

In burials discovered from sixth-century Britain, human remains have been found to have been interred in striking, unusual ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 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