how to pronounce burial

/ˈbɛɹ.i.əl/

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burial is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of burial in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… berry and a burial of pizza is …”

meaning of burial

Burial is the act of placing a dead person or animal in the ground.

burial frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word burial occurs in english on average 9.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.