idiomaceremonyin which thebodyof apersonwho hasdiedon ashipis put into thesea海葬(仪式)SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesBurying, cremating and preserving bodies
bier
burial
bury
committal
cremains
cremate
cremation
cryogenic
embalmer
exhumation
exhume
mummy
reburial
rebury
reinter
reinterment
sarcophagus
sati
suttee
taxidermist
See more results ?(Definition ofburial at seafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)Examples from literature
It was soon lowered amid appropriate music, which ended the burial at sea.
Shipwreck or burial at sea she deduced from the fact of there being no grave in the cemetery.
The death by accident of a sailor, and his strange burial at sea, served only for a brief time to arrest a happiness made complete by each other's voice and presence.
There is something peculiarly melancholy and impressive in a burial at sea: there is here no coffin or hearse, procession or tolling bell,—nothing that gradually prepares us for the final separation.
We lived through those days and were fortunate enough not to have a burial at sea.