entomb

Definitions


[ɛnˈtuːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- place (a dead body) in a tomb
(e.g: mummified bodies were entombed in the pyramids of Egypt)


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Origin:
late Middle English (formerly also as intomb): from Old French entomber, from en- ‘in’ + tombe ‘tomb’




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