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The answer to anthropophagy: human is geophagy: earth

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The answer to anthropophagy: human is geophagy: earth

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the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages

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Labor definition, productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. See more.

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to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work

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Collaborate definition, to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel. See more.

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an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.

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Virus definition, an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope. See more.

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any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution.

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Bacteriophage definition, any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution. See more.

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the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.

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Earth definition, (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.

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the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.

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Geophagy definition, the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas. See more.

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to put a corpse in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony

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Origin of burial

1200-50; bury + -al²; replacing Middle English buriel, back formation from Old English byrgels burial place, equivalent to byrg(an) to bury + -els noun suffix; cf. riddle¹

OTHER WORDS FROM burial

re·bur·i·al, noun

Words nearby burial

Burgundian, Burgundy, Burgundy trefoil, burhel, Buri, burial, burial ground, burial mound, Buriat, Buridan's ass, buried

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Words related to burial

funeral, interment, burying, deposition, entombment, inhumation, sepulture, deep six, exequies, last rites, obsequies

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British Dictionary definitions for burial

the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body

Word Origin for burial

Old English byrgels burial place, tomb; see bury, -al ²

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a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.

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Sarcophagus definition, a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument. See more.

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of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people

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Human definition, of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty. See more.

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the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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Anthropophagy definition, the eating of human flesh; cannibalism. See more.