how to pronounce bury

/ˈbɛɹ.i/

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bury is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… we need to go bury a body over here …”

meaning of bury

To bury means to place a dead body in the ground in a grave.

bury frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word bury occurs in english on average 9 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.