a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
Recent Examples on the WebOnce 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.—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 See all Example Sentences for entomb
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
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