entomb

[en-toom]

verb (used with object)

1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter.

2. to serve as a tomb for.

   Florentine churches entomb many great men.

entomb

/ ɪnˈtuːm /

verb

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

2. to serve as a tomb for

Other Word Forms

• entombment noun
• unentombed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entomb¹

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

Example Sentences

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

Bunker-busting bombs made only in America, flown and dropped by unique American planes, could entomb Iran’s most advanced nuclear equipment burrowed into a mountainside at Fordow.

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

Across the territory, at least 10,000 bodies are entombed in debris, the Health Ministry estimates.

From Los Angeles Times

Now old, the two survivors are siloed in their grief — alive and lucky, sure, but still entombed.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• embalm 
• enshrine