Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "mass grave" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MASS GRAVE

mass grave  [mæs ɡreɪv] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASS GRAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mass grave is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MASS GRAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mass grave

A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave, although the United Nations defines a mass grave as a burial site which contains three or more victims of execution.

Definition of mass grave in the English dictionary

The definition of mass grave in the dictionary is a grave in which a large number of corpses has been buried.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASS GRAVE


architrave
ˈɑːkɪˌtreɪv
brave
breɪv
burgrave
ˈbɜːɡreɪv
Cosgrave
ˈkɒzɡreɪv
crave
kreɪv
deprave
dɪˈpreɪv
engrave
ɪnˈɡreɪv
grave
ɡreɪv
landgrave
ˈlændˌɡreɪv
margrave
ˈmɑːˌɡreɪv
Musgrave
ˈmʌzɡreɪv
outbrave
ˌaʊtˈbreɪv
Palgrave
ˈpɔːlɡreɪv
palsgrave
ˈpɔːlzɡreɪv
photoengrave
ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪv
rave
reɪv
Redgrave
ˈrɛdˌɡreɪv
reengrave
ˌriːɪnˈɡreɪv
trave
treɪv
waldgrave
ˈwɔːldˌɡreɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASS GRAVE

mass affluent
mass catering
mass cult
mass defect
mass destruction
mass funeral
mass hysteria
mass in
mass leave
mass mailing
mass market
mass marketing
mass media
mass meeting
mass movement
mass murder
mass murderer
mass noun
mass number
mass observation

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASS GRAVE

ave
cave
Drave
embrave
from the cradle to the grave
gave
have
have one foot in the grave
leave
must-have
nave
one foot in the grave
outrave
pauper´s grave
save
the grave
the New Wave
to make someone turn in his grave
war grave
wave

Synonyms and antonyms of mass grave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mass grave» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MASS GRAVE

Find out the translation of mass grave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mass grave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mass grave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

万人坑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fosa común
570 millions of speakers

English

mass grave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामूहिक कब्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقبرة جماعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

братская могила
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vala comum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গণকবর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charnier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kubur massa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Massengrab
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多くの墓
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대량 무덤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Massa kuburan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngôi mộ tập thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெகுஜன கல்லறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मास कब्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toplu mezar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fossa comune
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

masowy grób
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

братська могила
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

groapă comună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομαδικό τάφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

massagraf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

massgrav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

massegrav
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mass grave

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASS GRAVE»

The term «mass grave» is regularly used and occupies the 82.833 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
62
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «mass grave» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of mass grave
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «mass grave».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MASS GRAVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mass grave» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mass grave» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mass grave

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASS GRAVE»

Discover the use of mass grave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mass grave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blood red roses: the archaeology of a mass grave from the ...
These are the two groups of people who found the first edition so useful for authenticating the types of weapon and armour employed during the Wars of the Roses.
Veronica Fiorato, Anthea Boylston, Christopher Knüsel, 2008
2
Burying the Evidence: the Botched Investigation Into a Mass ...
76 The seventh interim report on the Council of Europe experts' activities refers to the mass grave only in an addendum of reports 77 and activities by other international organizations. Human Rights Watch had called on the Council of Europe ...
Human Rights Watch
3
Wounded Knee: A Lakota Journey from Passive Resistance to a ...
There were 164 bodies buried in a trench-like mass grave, and there were 100 known survivors. That left about 136 missing—fates unknown. Gilmore believed many of those unaccounted for died on the prairie. Other bodies were found at Bad ...
James E. Titsworth, 2008
4
Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and ...
Rwanda, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor continue to supply the current surge of ongoing mass grave investigations (Ferllini, 1999; Jimenez, 1996; Koff, 1996; Stover, 1997; Stover and Peress, 1998). Less publicized mass grave ...
William D. Haglund, Marcella H. Sorg, 2001
5
After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide
median Cambodian mass grave site, with about eighty mass grave pits. Other Killing Fields of particular note in Remeas Hek include Prey Bost- noat with fifteen pits and Wat Svay Torteum with twelve. In Rumduol District, we have identified the ...
Craig Etcheson, 2005
6
Iraq the Mass Graves of Al-mahawil: the Truth Uncovered
More than twelve years later, on May 16, 2003, their families' search finally ended when their identification documents were found on decomposed remains at an exhumation of a mass grave located in an open field. Two significant mass ...
Human Rights Watch
7
Grave Secrets: A Novel
From cutting-edge science in the lab, where Tempe studies fetal bones and cat hair DNA, to a chilling encounter in a lonely morgue, Grave Secrets is powerful, page-turning entertainment from a crime fiction superstar who combines riveting ...
Kathy Reichs, 2002
8
Forensic Methods: Excavation for the Archaeologist and ...
Mant (1950:33) notes that in a mass grave the bodies in the center of the grave are much better preserved than those in the periphery of the grave. Mant did his research after World War II, exhuming graves for the Nuremberg tribunal.
Melissa A. Connor, 2007
9
Reconciliation: The Way of Healing and Growth
The first investigation and actual settlement of a mass grave site took place in Slovenska Bistrica municipality. Local authorities decided to inspect and confirm or disprove the suspicions that two abandoned shelters were actually mass grave  ...
Janez Juhant, Bojan Žalec, 2012
10
Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse
The two chief aspects of mass grave investigation require the use of: a field team; and a laboratory team. The field team has a three-tiered structure. This structure consists of a Program and Field Director (two tiers) and then the core of the unit ...
Marc Oxenham, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASS GRAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mass grave is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reburial of woman in native Ireland highlights 183-year-old murder …
... forensic dentistry in an effort to confirm their theory – that this was a mass grave of railroad workers from Philadelphia's industrial revolution. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Colombia To Unearth 'World's Largest Urban Mass Grave'
Colombian authorities have announced work will begin on July 27 to unearth what they say is the world's largest urban mass grave, located in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Colombia to begin large-scale excavation of mass grave
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian officials will soon begin exhumation of a mass grave that could prove to be the largest in the country's history, ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
4
Colombia: Largest urban mass grave in the world to be unearthed
Colombian authorities will unearth what is said to be the largest urban mass grave in the world, as part of efforts to find the bodies of scores of ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
5
Tanker Accident: 32 Unclaimed Victims Buried In Mass Grave
tanker accident The 32 unclaimed victims of the May 31 petrol tanker accident at Upper Iweka, Anambra State, who were burnt beyond ... «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jul 15»
6
Excavation of WWII mass grave in Lithuania halted over Jewish …
(JTA) — The excavation of a mass grave of Holocaust victims in Lithuania was halted following an appeal by the Jewish community and the ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jul 15»
7
Daughter begs for return of mother's body - buried in mass grave
A heartbroken daughter whose mum was buried in a mass grave after 27 years in a hellhole Magdalene asylum is begging for her body to be ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Unclaimed foreigner's body may be buried at local mass grave
The body of a Haitian man that has been lying at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital morgue for the past three years may be buried in a ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
9
ISIS Releases Execution Video of 1700 Iraqi Recruits Found in Mass …
Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
10
Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews killed in …
He had read that the town also contained a mass grave for 15,000 Jews, ... to take me to the mass grave of the Jews, but people were reluctant. «Washington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mass grave [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mass-grave>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z