EMBALMMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embalmment mean? 

• EMBALMMENT (noun)
  The noun EMBALMMENT has 1 sense:

1. preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals

  Familiarity information: EMBALMMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBALMMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("embalmment" is a kind of...):

preservation (a process that saves organic substances from decay)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embalmment"):

mummification (embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy)

Derivation:

embalm (preserve a dead body)