as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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Once the animals died and became buried in layers of sediment over time, some of them became entombed in a mineral known as siderite, which solidified and formed a nodule around the remains.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
At an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China, at least three bodies entombed thousands of years ago were buried with something apparently very dear to them: Cheese.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Ninety-nine out of 100 elevators are utilitarian things entombed inside walls so no one has to see their ugly guts.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Du Bois, who died in 1963, is entombed in Accra, Ghana.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
At an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China, at least three bodies entombed thousands of years ago were buried with something apparently very dear to them: Cheese.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Ninety-nine out of 100 elevators are utilitarian things entombed inside walls so no one has to see their ugly guts.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Du Bois, who died in 1963, is entombed in Accra, Ghana.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entomb. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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