bury : Idioms & Phrases

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Burying beetle

  • (Zoöl.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
Webster 1913

burying ground

  • noun a tract of land used for burials
    graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burial site; necropolis.
WordNet
Bur"y*ing ground`, Bur"y*ing place (Also<
  • Burying ground
  • Burying place
)
Definitions
  1. The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
Webster 1913

To bury the hatchet

  • to make peace or become reconciled.
  • to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
Webster 1913