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entomb
[ en-toom ]
verb (used with object)
- to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- to serve as a tomb for:
Florentine churches entomb many great men.
entomb
/ ɪˈٳː /
verb
- to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
- to serve as a tomb for
Derived Forms
- ˈٴdzԳ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٴdzmԳ noun
- ܲe·ٴdz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Across the territory, at least 10,000 bodies are entombed in debris, the Health Ministry estimates.
Now old, the two survivors are siloed in their grief — alive and lucky, sure, but still entombed.
His mother, father and brothers were entombed by the falling masonry.
Now, researchers have identified antennae in ancient ants entombed in amber that have the same microscopic, hairlike structures modern ants use to pick up chemical cues, the scientists report today in Science Advances.
After its death around 67 million years ago, it was entombed in the Hell Creek Formation, a popular paleontology playground that spans Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.
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