noun
Meaning 1
The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
entombment
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈtuːm.mənt/
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/ɛnˈtuːm.mənt/
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 N T UW1 M M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burial, inhumation, interment, sepulture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: funeral
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English entomb Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entombment From entomb + -ment.