MUMMIFY


Meaning of MUMMIFY in English

(mummifies, ~ing, mummified)

If a dead body is mummified, it is preserved, for example by rubbing it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth.

In America, people are paying up to $150,000 to be mummified after death.

...the mummified pharaoh.

= embalm

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed

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