1a : a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by others as empty of real meaning the old shibboleths come rolling off their lips â Joseph Epsteinb : a widely held belief today this book publishing shibboleth is a myth â L. A. Woodc : truism, platitude some truth in the shibboleth that crime does not pay â ...
The noun interment and the verbinter (from which it is derived) are formal words that refer to the depositing of a dead body in the earthor in a tomb. The noun internment is derived from the verb intern, which refers to the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, etc.
1. of or relating to an interstice or interstices. 2. (Chemistry) physics forming or occurring in an interstice: an interstitial atom. 3. (Chemistry) chem containing interstitial atoms or ions: an interstitial compound. 4. (Biology) anatomy zoology occurring in the spaces between organs, tissues, etc: interstitial cells.