embalm
verb /ɪmˈbɑːm/
/ɪmˈbɑːm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embalm | /ɪmˈbɑːm/ /ɪmˈbɑːm/ |
| he / she / it embalms | /ɪmˈbɑːmz/ /ɪmˈbɑːmz/ |
| past simple embalmed | /ɪmˈbɑːmd/ /ɪmˈbɑːmd/ |
| past participle embalmed | /ɪmˈbɑːmd/ /ɪmˈbɑːmd/ |
| -ing form embalming | /ɪmˈbɑːmɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbɑːmɪŋ/ |
- embalm somebody/something to prevent a dead body from decaying (= being destroyed by natural processes) by treating it with special substances to preserve itOxford Collocations DictionaryEmbalm is used with these nouns as the object:
- body
- corpse
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French embaumer, from em- ‘in’ + baume ‘balm’, variant of basme, from Latin balsamum from Greek balsamon.