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

Derived Forms

• enˈtombment, noun

Other Words From

• en·tombment noun
• unen·tombed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entomb¹

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

Example Sentences

His mother, father and brothers were entombed by the falling masonry.

From BBC

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.

From Science Magazine

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.

From Seattle Times

The space feels somewhere between a crypt and a cathedral, featuring paintings and bronze sculptures of reclining Black bodies, spread out in repose or entombed like corpses, that appear to glow from within.

From New York Times

Eventually, the objects sank, hidden and entombed, in more than six feet of oozing peat and silt.

From New York Times

Related Words

• embalm
• enshrine