inter

/ɪnˈtʌr/

/ˈɪntə/

Other forms: interred; interring; inters

Inter means to bury, usually in a tomb or grave. If you loved your cat a lot, you might want to inter her remains in the back yard and make a nice little memorial.

Most of the time, the word inter is going to be about burying someone or something. Often times, a family owns a plot of land in a cemetery where all family members are interred when they die. Occasionally, you might see it in the phrase "inter alia," a literary Latin expression meaning "among other things." Your professor is probably a poet and a scholar, inter alia.

Definitions of inter

1. verb

   place in a grave or tomb
   synonyms: bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest

   type of:

   lay, put down, repose

   put in a horizontal position