entombment
entombment · entombments
The act of entombing or the state of being entombedThe act of entombing or the state of being entombed
/ɪnˈtuːm.mənt/
Meaning
2 sensesThe act of entombing or the state of being entombed
The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete
More definitions
- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Forms
plural: entombmentsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave:burialinhumationintermentsepulture
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedentomb