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entomb

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈtuːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːm
  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 N T UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To confine (someone or something) in restrictive surroundings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

place in a grave or tomb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
  • The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
  • My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lay, put down, repose

History

Etymology

From Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”). Equivalent to en- + tomb.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 埋葬 (máizàng) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入土 (rùtǔ) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Esperanto: entombigi — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Finnish: haudata — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • French: entomber — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Indonesian: memakamkan — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Latin: tumulō — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Portuguese: sepultar — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Russian: погреба́ть (pogrebátʹ) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Russian: погрести́ (pogrestí) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Russian: хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Russian: похорони́ть (poxoronítʹ) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Spanish: enterrar — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Swedish: begrava — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Turkish: gömmek — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Turkish: defnetmek — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوممك (gömmek) — to deposit (a corpse) in a tomb