Entomb
[ɪn'tuːm;en-] or [ɪn'tum]
Definition
(v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.
Inputed by Davis
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Bury, inhume, inter.
Inputed by Byron
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bury, inter, inhume
ANT:Disinter, exhume
Checker: Prudence
Definition
v.t. to place in a tomb: to bury.—n. Entomb′ment burial.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- The illustrious visitor then put out his coat-cuff, and for a moment entombed Mrs Sparkler's hand: wrist, bracelet, and all. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After the bodies had remained entombed three hundred years, they were removed once more. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Joanne