ENTOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entomb mean? 

• ENTOMB (verb)
  The verb ENTOMB has 1 sense:

1. place in a grave or tomb

  Familiarity information: ENTOMB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTOMB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they entomb    ... he / she / it entombs   
Past simple: entombed   
Past participle: entombed   
-ing form: entombing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in a grave or tomb

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bury; entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest

Context example:

My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Hypernyms (to "entomb" is one way to...):

lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot entomb Sue

Derivation:

entombment (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)

 Context examples 

A 2014 study found organic molecules and plant matter entombed in glass formed by an impact that occurred millions of years ago in Argentina.

(NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars, NASA)