exhumation

What does exhumation mean?

exhumation means "the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried".

How many syllables are in exhumation?

exhumation has 4 syllables: ex-hu-ma-tion. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ɛksˌhjuˈmeɪʃən/.

What is another word for exhumation?

Close synonyms include disinterment, digging up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exhumation a common word?

exhumation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exhumation?

29 words rhyme with exhumation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exhumation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.