# [uncountable] (formal) ​the act of killing yourself by burning yourself.

• to commit suicide by self-immolation.

# [uncountable, countable] the act of killing yourself deliberately.

• to commit suicide

• an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives)

• a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb)

# [uncountable] a course of action that is likely to destroy your career, position in society, etc.

• It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court.

# [countable] (formal) a person who commits suicide.

# (North American English usually casket /ˈkæskɪt/) a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.

• The mourners stood in silent tribute as the coffin was laid to the rest. 

(những người đưa tang đứng yên lặng thành kính khi quan tài được hạ xuống nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng).

• A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin.

• the flag-draped coffins of soldiers coming home.

# a nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin (idiom): ​something that makes the end or failure of an organization, somebody’s plans, etc. more likely to happen.

• This latest defeat is another nail in the government's coffin.

# a person who attends a funeral, especially a friend or a relative of the dead person.

# very sad.

SYNONYM melancholy;

• mournful eyes

• mournful music

• I couldn't bear the mournful look on her face.

# a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person.

• Hundreds of people attended the funeral.

• a funeral procession

• a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals)

# it’s your funeral (idiom): ​(informal) used to tell somebody that they, and nobody else, will have to deal with the unpleasant results of their own actions.

# [only before noun] (formal) ​connected with a funeral (= ceremony for a dead person) or remembering the dead.

• funerary rites/monuments

# a ceremony performed by a particular group of people, often for religious purposes.

• funeral rites;

• initiation rites (= performed when a new member joins a secret society)

# monument (to somebody/something) a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event.

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.

# a building that has special historical importance.

• an ancient monument

# monument to something a thing that remains as a good example of somebody’s qualities or of what they did.

• These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist.

(also funeral home North American English, British English)

(North American English also mortuary)

# ​a place where dead people are prepared for being buried or cremated (= burned) and where visitors can see the body.

# an undertaker (= a person whose job is to prepare the bodies of dead people to be buried or cremated, and to arrange funerals).

# [often passive] ​to burn a dead body, especially as part of a funeral ceremony.

• be cremated When she dies she wants to be cremated, not buried.

# [uncountable] the act of cremating somebody.

• More people are choosing cremation rather than burial.

# [countable] a funeral at which the dead person is cremated.

(plural crematoria  /ˌkreməˈtɔːriə/  /ˌkriːməˈtɔːriə/, crematoriums)

(North American English also crematory  /ˈkremətəri/  /ˈkriːmətɔːri/ (plural crematories))

​# a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.

# [plural] (North American English) ​the powder that is left after a dead person’s body has been cremated (= burned).

SYNONYM ashes;

# [uncountable] the grey or black powder that is left after something, especially tobacco, wood or coal, has burnt.

• cigarette ash

• black volcanic ash

• Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area.

• She flicked ash out of the window carelessly.

# ashes [plural] what is left after something has been destroyed by burning.

• The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting.

• the glowing ashes of the campfire

• The fire had died to cold ashes.

• (figurative) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.

• She had seen all her dreams turn to ashes.

# ashes [plural] the powder that is left after a dead person’s body has been cremated (= burned).

• She wanted her ashes to be scattered at sea.

# wear, put on, etc. sackcloth and ashes (idiom): to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for something that you have done.

# When two people own a property together and one of them dies, survivorship is the legal right of the survivor (= the person who is still living) to own the property.

• If two people purchase a home together and one dies, the contract would grant the remaining person survivorship.

• When a property is owned by joint tenants with rights of survivorship, the assets automatically pass to the survivor.

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