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grave goods

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 陪葬品 (péizàngpǐn) — objects buried with a body
  • Danish: gravgods — objects buried with a body
  • Danish: gravgave — objects buried with a body
  • French: mobilier funéraire — objects buried with a body
  • German: Grabbeigabe — objects buried with a body
  • German: Grabbeigaben — objects buried with a body
  • German: Totengabe — objects buried with a body
  • Indonesian: bekal kubur — objects buried with a body
  • Italian: corredo — objects buried with a body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gravgods — objects buried with a body
  • Russian: погреба́льные предме́ты (pogrebálʹnyje predméty) — objects buried with a body
  • Spanish: ajuar funerario — objects buried with a body