Definition of entomb in English:

entomb

verb ɪnˈtuːmɛnˈtuːm

[with object]

1Place (a dead body) in a tomb.
mummified bodies were entombed in the pyramids of Egypt
Example sentencesExamples
- Since there was no body to entomb there is no shrine to him to which pilgrims can repair.
- The remains of Henry VIII and the beheaded Charles I are entombed there, along with the bodies of the Queen's parents, George VI and the Queen Mother.
- When he died, his body was entombed at Junagadh in Gujarat, which thereafter became an important pilgrimage destination for Indian Sidhis.
- About 100,000 people gathered to see the Pope's body make its solemn journey from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to his local church, St Peter's, where it will be entombed alongside popes from throughout history.
- We have found a place, not far, where we can entomb the Doctor's body.
- There was an apotheosis in which all three figures were shown entombed, enshrined, mummified together but not entwined.
- They were often mummified - and, sometimes, mice were also entombed with the cats, to keep them well-fed on their metaphorical journey to the next world.
- In an especially eerie sequence, her body is entombed in the Usher vault on a lonely island nearby.
- Beneath the imposing hillside memorial, which overlooks the inner harbour, two unidentified bodies of the tanker's crewmen have been entombed.
- To destroy an image of the Gods protecting a burial site was to evoke the wrath not only of the God, but of the dead entombed there.
- Even the expertly mummified tend to smell bad, so doesn't it make sense that the bodies were entombed with perfumes?
- After a decade of further triumphs, he moved to Paris; but after Italy became a national state, his body, too, was ceremoniously entombed in Santa Croce.
- Then one day Usher announced to his friend that Madeline was ‘no more,’ and that he intended to entomb her body in the house's dungeon rather than bury it.
- If the Temple of the Sun is geometrical perfection, the Temple of the Condor, where mummified bodies were entombed, is its dynamic, artistic counterpart.
- They dug up thousands of plates, brooches, hairpins and pendants, carefully placed for the afterlife with the bodies of wealthy rulers entombed in royal burial chambers.
Synonyms
inter, place in a tomb, lay to rest, bury, consign to the grave
informal place six feet under, plant
literary inhume, sepulchre
1. 1.1 Bury or trap within something.
  many people died, most entombed in collapsed buildings
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was completely entombed in the concrete, but we made a hole in the concrete and shone a torch in and he grabbed the torch.
  It would hunt down the one that had entombed it, that had left it for dead, thinking that it would be consumed by the fire.
  Sixty five men and boys were entombed in the mine.
  Next thing you know, you're entombed in 136 tons of garbage and burrowing through your house via a system of intricate tunnels.
  Intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of the myriad creatures that once inhabited the oceans, it seems poised to wrench itself free from the stone that entombs it.
  Here, sonic blasts from the past are entombed in a hodgepodge of vinyl records, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes.
  Those left behind had to make do with cloth tents against the bitter cold, limited sanitation, a shattered health service and the constant reminder of their tragedy from the surrounding ruins where many corpses are still entombed.
  A mountain rescue mission yesterday took off for Iceland to recover wreckage from a bomber plane which entombed four men in ice for more than 60 years.
  This resurrection of ancient mysteries reminds me of your latest maturation, a sort of a dusting off and animation of mummified aspects of your personality that you entombed years ago.
  The tree of heaven opposite the church of Saints Peter and Paul was still entombed deep inside its branches but the faintest yellow-green fuzz had begun to blur the outline of willows on the banks of the River Vistula.
  They have been entombed in a cramped steel cage almost a kilometre beneath the surface since April 25 when an earthquake in the southern state of Tasmania triggered a rockfall.
  Actively engaging the spectator, it neither mirrors nor entombs the viewer.
  The body is buried or entombed in a brick or concrete structure.
  And I didn't want my thesis to be entombed on some library shelf.
  As for the posh, all-service Hyatt in which they are entombed (or incarcerated, according to Bob), however, this hotel could be in any of the world's major cities.
  The defenders were forced back into their tunnels, where ferocious close-quarter battles went on until the Chinese blew in the entrances, entombing the defenders alive.
  It stands 36 metres wide by nine metres high and is intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of creatures that once inhabited the oceans, all seemingly poised to wrench themselves free from the stone that entombs them.
  Rubble then crashed through the floors, entombing the three workers on the ground floor.
  Relief workers ended by covering the area with lime, entombing the dead in the remains of their homes.
  Bodies lay all around, partially or completely entombed in the debris.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intomb): from Old French entomber, from en- 'in' + tombe 'tomb'.

Rhymes

abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom

Definition of entomb in US English:

entomb

verb

[with object]usually be entombed

1Place (a dead body) in a tomb.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then one day Usher announced to his friend that Madeline was ‘no more,’ and that he intended to entomb her body in the house's dungeon rather than bury it.
- After a decade of further triumphs, he moved to Paris; but after Italy became a national state, his body, too, was ceremoniously entombed in Santa Croce.
- In an especially eerie sequence, her body is entombed in the Usher vault on a lonely island nearby.
- If the Temple of the Sun is geometrical perfection, the Temple of the Condor, where mummified bodies were entombed, is its dynamic, artistic counterpart.
- We have found a place, not far, where we can entomb the Doctor's body.
- Since there was no body to entomb there is no shrine to him to which pilgrims can repair.
- To destroy an image of the Gods protecting a burial site was to evoke the wrath not only of the God, but of the dead entombed there.
- When he died, his body was entombed at Junagadh in Gujarat, which thereafter became an important pilgrimage destination for Indian Sidhis.
- They were often mummified - and, sometimes, mice were also entombed with the cats, to keep them well-fed on their metaphorical journey to the next world.
- There was an apotheosis in which all three figures were shown entombed, enshrined, mummified together but not entwined.
- About 100,000 people gathered to see the Pope's body make its solemn journey from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to his local church, St Peter's, where it will be entombed alongside popes from throughout history.
- The remains of Henry VIII and the beheaded Charles I are entombed there, along with the bodies of the Queen's parents, George VI and the Queen Mother.
- Even the expertly mummified tend to smell bad, so doesn't it make sense that the bodies were entombed with perfumes?
- They dug up thousands of plates, brooches, hairpins and pendants, carefully placed for the afterlife with the bodies of wealthy rulers entombed in royal burial chambers.
- Beneath the imposing hillside memorial, which overlooks the inner harbour, two unidentified bodies of the tanker's crewmen have been entombed.
Synonyms
inter, place in a tomb, lay to rest, bury, consign to the grave
1. 1.1 Bury or trap in or under something.
  many people died, most entombed in collapsed buildings
  Example sentencesExamples
  Those left behind had to make do with cloth tents against the bitter cold, limited sanitation, a shattered health service and the constant reminder of their tragedy from the surrounding ruins where many corpses are still entombed.
  It stands 36 metres wide by nine metres high and is intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of creatures that once inhabited the oceans, all seemingly poised to wrench themselves free from the stone that entombs them.
  They have been entombed in a cramped steel cage almost a kilometre beneath the surface since April 25 when an earthquake in the southern state of Tasmania triggered a rockfall.
  The tree of heaven opposite the church of Saints Peter and Paul was still entombed deep inside its branches but the faintest yellow-green fuzz had begun to blur the outline of willows on the banks of the River Vistula.
  And I didn't want my thesis to be entombed on some library shelf.
  A mountain rescue mission yesterday took off for Iceland to recover wreckage from a bomber plane which entombed four men in ice for more than 60 years.
  As for the posh, all-service Hyatt in which they are entombed (or incarcerated, according to Bob), however, this hotel could be in any of the world's major cities.
  Here, sonic blasts from the past are entombed in a hodgepodge of vinyl records, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes.
  Bodies lay all around, partially or completely entombed in the debris.
  He was completely entombed in the concrete, but we made a hole in the concrete and shone a torch in and he grabbed the torch.
  The defenders were forced back into their tunnels, where ferocious close-quarter battles went on until the Chinese blew in the entrances, entombing the defenders alive.
  Intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of the myriad creatures that once inhabited the oceans, it seems poised to wrench itself free from the stone that entombs it.
  Actively engaging the spectator, it neither mirrors nor entombs the viewer.
  Sixty five men and boys were entombed in the mine.
  It would hunt down the one that had entombed it, that had left it for dead, thinking that it would be consumed by the fire.
  The body is buried or entombed in a brick or concrete structure.
  This resurrection of ancient mysteries reminds me of your latest maturation, a sort of a dusting off and animation of mummified aspects of your personality that you entombed years ago.
  Relief workers ended by covering the area with lime, entombing the dead in the remains of their homes.
  Rubble then crashed through the floors, entombing the three workers on the ground floor.
  Next thing you know, you're entombed in 136 tons of garbage and burrowing through your house via a system of intricate tunnels.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intomb): from Old French entomber, from en- ‘in’ + tombe ‘tomb’.

单词	entomb
释义	Definition of entomb in English: entomb verb ɪnˈtuːmɛnˈtuːm [with object] 1Place (a dead body) in a tomb. mummified bodies were entombed in the pyramids of Egypt Example sentencesExamples Since there was no body to entomb there is no shrine to him to which pilgrims can repair. The remains of Henry VIII and the beheaded Charles I are entombed there, along with the bodies of the Queen's parents, George VI and the Queen Mother. When he died, his body was entombed at Junagadh in Gujarat, which thereafter became an important pilgrimage destination for Indian Sidhis. About 100,000 people gathered to see the Pope's body make its solemn journey from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to his local church, St Peter's, where it will be entombed alongside popes from throughout history. We have found a place, not far, where we can entomb the Doctor's body. There was an apotheosis in which all three figures were shown entombed, enshrined, mummified together but not entwined. They were often mummified - and, sometimes, mice were also entombed with the cats, to keep them well-fed on their metaphorical journey to the next world. In an especially eerie sequence, her body is entombed in the Usher vault on a lonely island nearby. Beneath the imposing hillside memorial, which overlooks the inner harbour, two unidentified bodies of the tanker's crewmen have been entombed. To destroy an image of the Gods protecting a burial site was to evoke the wrath not only of the God, but of the dead entombed there. Even the expertly mummified tend to smell bad, so doesn't it make sense that the bodies were entombed with perfumes? After a decade of further triumphs, he moved to Paris; but after Italy became a national state, his body, too, was ceremoniously entombed in Santa Croce. Then one day Usher announced to his friend that Madeline was ‘no more,’ and that he intended to entomb her body in the house's dungeon rather than bury it. If the Temple of the Sun is geometrical perfection, the Temple of the Condor, where mummified bodies were entombed, is its dynamic, artistic counterpart. They dug up thousands of plates, brooches, hairpins and pendants, carefully placed for the afterlife with the bodies of wealthy rulers entombed in royal burial chambers. Synonyms inter, place in a tomb, lay to rest, bury, consign to the grave informal place six feet under, plant literary inhume, sepulchre 1.1 Bury or trap within something. many people died, most entombed in collapsed buildings Example sentencesExamples He was completely entombed in the concrete, but we made a hole in the concrete and shone a torch in and he grabbed the torch. It would hunt down the one that had entombed it, that had left it for dead, thinking that it would be consumed by the fire. Sixty five men and boys were entombed in the mine. Next thing you know, you're entombed in 136 tons of garbage and burrowing through your house via a system of intricate tunnels. Intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of the myriad creatures that once inhabited the oceans, it seems poised to wrench itself free from the stone that entombs it. Here, sonic blasts from the past are entombed in a hodgepodge of vinyl records, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes. Those left behind had to make do with cloth tents against the bitter cold, limited sanitation, a shattered health service and the constant reminder of their tragedy from the surrounding ruins where many corpses are still entombed. A mountain rescue mission yesterday took off for Iceland to recover wreckage from a bomber plane which entombed four men in ice for more than 60 years. This resurrection of ancient mysteries reminds me of your latest maturation, a sort of a dusting off and animation of mummified aspects of your personality that you entombed years ago. The tree of heaven opposite the church of Saints Peter and Paul was still entombed deep inside its branches but the faintest yellow-green fuzz had begun to blur the outline of willows on the banks of the River Vistula. They have been entombed in a cramped steel cage almost a kilometre beneath the surface since April 25 when an earthquake in the southern state of Tasmania triggered a rockfall. Actively engaging the spectator, it neither mirrors nor entombs the viewer. The body is buried or entombed in a brick or concrete structure. And I didn't want my thesis to be entombed on some library shelf. As for the posh, all-service Hyatt in which they are entombed (or incarcerated, according to Bob), however, this hotel could be in any of the world's major cities. The defenders were forced back into their tunnels, where ferocious close-quarter battles went on until the Chinese blew in the entrances, entombing the defenders alive. It stands 36 metres wide by nine metres high and is intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of creatures that once inhabited the oceans, all seemingly poised to wrench themselves free from the stone that entombs them. Rubble then crashed through the floors, entombing the three workers on the ground floor. Relief workers ended by covering the area with lime, entombing the dead in the remains of their homes. Bodies lay all around, partially or completely entombed in the debris. Origin Late Middle English (formerly also as intomb): from Old French entomber, from en- 'in' + tombe 'tomb'. Rhymes abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom Definition of entomb in US English: entomb verb [with object]usually be entombed 1Place (a dead body) in a tomb. Example sentencesExamples Then one day Usher announced to his friend that Madeline was ‘no more,’ and that he intended to entomb her body in the house's dungeon rather than bury it. After a decade of further triumphs, he moved to Paris; but after Italy became a national state, his body, too, was ceremoniously entombed in Santa Croce. In an especially eerie sequence, her body is entombed in the Usher vault on a lonely island nearby. If the Temple of the Sun is geometrical perfection, the Temple of the Condor, where mummified bodies were entombed, is its dynamic, artistic counterpart. We have found a place, not far, where we can entomb the Doctor's body. Since there was no body to entomb there is no shrine to him to which pilgrims can repair. To destroy an image of the Gods protecting a burial site was to evoke the wrath not only of the God, but of the dead entombed there. When he died, his body was entombed at Junagadh in Gujarat, which thereafter became an important pilgrimage destination for Indian Sidhis. They were often mummified - and, sometimes, mice were also entombed with the cats, to keep them well-fed on their metaphorical journey to the next world. There was an apotheosis in which all three figures were shown entombed, enshrined, mummified together but not entwined. About 100,000 people gathered to see the Pope's body make its solemn journey from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to his local church, St Peter's, where it will be entombed alongside popes from throughout history. The remains of Henry VIII and the beheaded Charles I are entombed there, along with the bodies of the Queen's parents, George VI and the Queen Mother. Even the expertly mummified tend to smell bad, so doesn't it make sense that the bodies were entombed with perfumes? They dug up thousands of plates, brooches, hairpins and pendants, carefully placed for the afterlife with the bodies of wealthy rulers entombed in royal burial chambers. Beneath the imposing hillside memorial, which overlooks the inner harbour, two unidentified bodies of the tanker's crewmen have been entombed. Synonyms inter, place in a tomb, lay to rest, bury, consign to the grave 1.1 Bury or trap in or under something. many people died, most entombed in collapsed buildings Example sentencesExamples Those left behind had to make do with cloth tents against the bitter cold, limited sanitation, a shattered health service and the constant reminder of their tragedy from the surrounding ruins where many corpses are still entombed. It stands 36 metres wide by nine metres high and is intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of creatures that once inhabited the oceans, all seemingly poised to wrench themselves free from the stone that entombs them. They have been entombed in a cramped steel cage almost a kilometre beneath the surface since April 25 when an earthquake in the southern state of Tasmania triggered a rockfall. The tree of heaven opposite the church of Saints Peter and Paul was still entombed deep inside its branches but the faintest yellow-green fuzz had begun to blur the outline of willows on the banks of the River Vistula. And I didn't want my thesis to be entombed on some library shelf. A mountain rescue mission yesterday took off for Iceland to recover wreckage from a bomber plane which entombed four men in ice for more than 60 years. As for the posh, all-service Hyatt in which they are entombed (or incarcerated, according to Bob), however, this hotel could be in any of the world's major cities. Here, sonic blasts from the past are entombed in a hodgepodge of vinyl records, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes. Bodies lay all around, partially or completely entombed in the debris. He was completely entombed in the concrete, but we made a hole in the concrete and shone a torch in and he grabbed the torch. The defenders were forced back into their tunnels, where ferocious close-quarter battles went on until the Chinese blew in the entrances, entombing the defenders alive. Intertwined with the fossils, skeletons and carcasses of the myriad creatures that once inhabited the oceans, it seems poised to wrench itself free from the stone that entombs it. Actively engaging the spectator, it neither mirrors nor entombs the viewer. Sixty five men and boys were entombed in the mine. It would hunt down the one that had entombed it, that had left it for dead, thinking that it would be consumed by the fire. The body is buried or entombed in a brick or concrete structure. This resurrection of ancient mysteries reminds me of your latest maturation, a sort of a dusting off and animation of mummified aspects of your personality that you entombed years ago. Relief workers ended by covering the area with lime, entombing the dead in the remains of their homes. Rubble then crashed through the floors, entombing the three workers on the ground floor. Next thing you know, you're entombed in 136 tons of garbage and burrowing through your house via a system of intricate tunnels. Origin Late Middle English (formerly also as intomb): from Old French entomber, from en- ‘in’ + tombe ‘tomb’.
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