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.

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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

Words nearby entomb

entity-relationship diagram, ento-, entoblast, entoderm, entoil, entomb, entomic, entomo-, entomofauna, entomol., entomologist

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How to use entomb in a sentence

More firefighters and rescue workers entombed in the debris.
Sept. 11, 2001: An ordinary work day, then surreal scenes of dread and death|David Maraniss|September 10, 2021|Washington Post
You don’t always need to entomb your entire Apple Watch in a case to get the protection you need.
The best Apple Watch case to protect the computer on your wrist|Stan Horaczek|August 23, 2021|Popular-Science
She added that the egg could have been entombed when a nearby river system overflowed during the rainy season, thus preserving it as a fossil.
A fossilized egg laid by an extinct, human-sized turtle holds a rare jackpot|Monroe Hammond|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
The entombed individuals are commonly represented by arthropods such as insects—made famous in the original Jurassic Park movie.
Ancient Brains: Inside the Extraordinary Preservation of a 310-Million-Year-Old Nervous System|John Paterson|July 30, 2021|Singularity Hub

After the excavation, we embarked on the long and painstaking removal of the rock that entombed Cooper’s bones.
Lizard of Oz: Australia’s Biggest Dinosaur Discovered|Scott Hocknull and Rochelle Lawrence, The Conversation|June 7, 2021|The Daily Beast
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
When the next day should dawn, its light is 'strangled,' and 'darkness does the face of earth entomb.'
Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley
See the black Prison Ship's expanding womb Impested thousands, quick and dead, entomb.
The Columbiad|Joel Barlow
Thee the dogs shall rend Dishonorably, and the fowls of air, But all Achaia's host shall him entomb.
The Iliad of Homer|Homer
But the immortal spirit who shall fetter, who shall entomb it?
The Blessed Hope|Edward Hoare

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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