Inurnments refer to the act of placing a person's ashes in an urn. There are several synonyms for inurnments, including interment, cremation, burial, entombment, and sepulture. Interment refers to the burial of a body or ashes in the ground or a tomb. Cremation is the process of burning a body and collecting the ashes in an urn. Burial refers to the act of placing a person's body or ashes in a grave or tomb. Entombment is the act of placing a person's body or ashes in a tomb, usually above ground. Sepulture refers to the act of burying a person's body or ashes in a tomb or grave. Each of these terms describes different ways of interring a person's remains after death.