Meaning of ENTOMB
| Pronunciation: | | en'toom
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| | Definition: | | [v] place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
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| | See Also: | | lay, put down, repose | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*tomb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.]
To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to
inhume. --Hooker.
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| | Related Terms: | | bottle up, box in, box up, bury, cabin, casket, cloister, closet, coffin, conduct a funeral, confine, cramp, crib, encase, encoffin, ensepulcher, enshrine, hearse, immure, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, lay away, lay to rest, plant, put, sepulcher, sepulture, shrine, straiten, tomb |
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