ENTOMB


Meaning of ENTOMB in English

verb

1.

to deposit in or as if in a tomb

relics entombed in pyramids

Synonyms: ensepulcher, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb; compare bury 1

Related Word: bury, inhume, inter, ||plant; inurn; enshrine, shrine

Contrasted words: dig (up), disinhume, disinter, exhume, unbury

Antonyms: disentomb

2.

Synonyms: bury 1, inhume, inter, lay away, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb

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