entomb

[ en-toom ]

/ ɛnˈtum /

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verb (used with object)

to place in a tomb; bury; inter.

to serve as a tomb for: Florentine churches entomb many great men.

Words nearby entomb

entochoroidea, entocornea, entoderm, entoectad, entoil, entomb, entomic, entomion, entomo-, entomofauna, entomol.

Also intomb.

Origin of entomb

1425–75; late Middle English entoumben < Middle French entomber. See en-¹, tomb

OTHER WORDS FROM entomb

en·tomb·ment, nounun·en·tombed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for entomb

To collect them was the first duty of his descendants and followers, and then to entomb them.
The Masculine Cross|Anonymous
I thought of the graves more hopeless fur than them that entomb the dead,—the graves where lay the livin' dead.
Sweet Cicely|Josiah Allen's Wife: Marietta Holley
Entomb him in silence and he'll be a body of death and corruption in two weeks.
The Thunders of Silence|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Seemingly Wanderslore was fated to entomb one by one all my discarded possessions.
Memoirs of a Midget|Walter de la Mare

Thee the dogs shall rend Dishonorably, and the fowls of air, But all Achaia's host shall him entomb.
The Iliad of Homer|Homer

British Dictionary definitions for entomb

entomb

/ (ɪnˈtuːm) /

verb (tr)

to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter

to serve as a tomb for

Derived forms of entomb

entombment, noun

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entomb

verb (used with object)

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Words nearby entomb

Origin of entomb

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Examples from the Web for entomb

British Dictionary definitions for entomb

verb (tr)

Derived forms of entomb