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ENTOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entomb mean? 

ENTOMB (verb)
  The verb ENTOMB has 1 sense:

1. place in a grave or tombplay

  Familiarity information: ENTOMB used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENTOMB (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they entomb  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it entombs  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: entombed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: entombed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: entombing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in a grave or tomb

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bury; entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest

Context example:

My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Hypernyms (to "entomb" is one way to...):

lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot entomb Sue

Derivation:

entombment (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)


 Context examples 


A 2014 study found organic molecules and plant matter entombed in glass formed by an impact that occurred millions of years ago in Argentina.

(NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars, NASA)



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