entomb
Americanverb (used with object)
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to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
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to serve as a tomb for.
Florentine churches entomb many great men.
verb
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to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
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to serve as a tomb for
Other Word Forms
- entombment noun
- unentombed adjective
Etymology
Origin of entomb
1425–75; late Middle English entoumben < Middle French entomber. See en- 1, tomb
Example Sentences
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Cars were entombed up to the tops of their wheels in sediment.
From Los Angeles Times
And, in the San Francisco Bay Area, burrowing rodents may be digging into entombed trash at a landfill-turned-park, unloosing explosive levels of methane.
From Los Angeles Times
Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.
Adjacent to the entombed Griffin Warrior’s wrist was a carved and gold-tipped agate, almond-shaped and just 1.3 inches in length, here making its public debut outside Europe.
From Los Angeles Times
The basilica sits near the Colosseum, a stone's throw from the city's endlessly bustling and chaotic central Termini station - well beyond the limits of the Vatican, where popes are traditionally entombed.
From BBC
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