inter

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɚ/
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/ɪnˈtɚ/ · /ɪnˈtɜː/ · /ɪnˈtɛr/ · /ɪnˈtøː/ · /ɪnˈteː/ · /ɪnˈtɛː/ · /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Definition of inter

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To bury in a grave.
    “The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.”
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verb

  1. To bury in a grave.
    “The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.”
  2. To confine, as in a prison.

name

  1. The Inter Milan football team

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).

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