a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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The result was a catastrophic barrage of floods, landslides and swirling water that swept away families and entombed others in their cars and homes.—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 Bush has entombed 1,000 dead bees in orbs of resin and strung them together in a floating sculpture hanging in the Glass Atrium lobby of Manhattan West, the new development on Ninth Avenue and 32nd Street.—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024 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.—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 See all Example Sentences for entomb
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Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
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