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entomb

[ en-toom ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
  2. to serve as a tomb for:

    Florentine churches entomb many great men.



entomb

/ ɪ²Ôˈ³Ù³Ü˳¾ /

verb

  1. to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
  2. to serve as a tomb for
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð²Ôˈ³Ù´Ç³¾²ú³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð²Ô·³Ù´Ç³¾²úm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôe²Ô·³Ù´Ç³¾²ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of entomb1

1425–75; late Middle English entoumben < Middle French entomber. See en- 1, tomb
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Across the territory, at least 10,000 bodies are entombed in debris, the Health Ministry estimates.

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Now old, the two survivors are siloed in their grief — alive and lucky, sure, but still entombed.

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His mother, father and brothers were entombed by the falling masonry.

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Now, researchers have identified antennae in ancient ants entombed in amber that have the same microscopic, hairlike structures modern ants use to pick up chemical cues, the scientists report today in Science Advances.

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After its death around 67 million years ago, it was entombed in the Hell Creek Formation, a popular paleontology playground that spans Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.

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