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Meaning of "entombment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENTOMBMENT

entombment  [ɪnˈtuːmmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENTOMBMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Entombment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENTOMBMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

entombment

Burial

Burial or interment is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal, and/or objects into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased or the object in it, and covering it over.

Definition of entombment in the English dictionary

The definition of entombment in the dictionary is the act or an instance of entombing something or somebody.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENTOMBMENT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
benumbment
bɪˈnʌmmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
development
dɪˈvɛləpmənt
document
ˈdɒkjʊmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
embalmment
ɪmˈbɑːmmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enframement
ɪnˈfreɪmmənt
engagement
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
enjambement
ɪnˈdʒæmmənt
enjambment
ɪnˈdʒæmmənt
entertainment
ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENTOMBMENT

entoil
entoilment
entom.
entomb
entomic
entomofauna
entomol.
entomologic
entomological
entomologically
entomologise
entomologist
entomologize
entomology
entomophagous
entomophagy
entomophilous
entomophily
entomostracan
entomostracous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENTOMBMENT

announcement
appointment
argument
arrangement
attachment
basement
comment
commitment
enforcement
experiment
implement
management
moment
movement
payment
replacement
statement
the moment
tournament
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of entombment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENTOMBMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «entombment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of entombment

Translation of «entombment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENTOMBMENT

Find out the translation of entombment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of entombment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «entombment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窀穸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sepultura
570 millions of speakers

English

entombment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समाधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القبر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

захоронение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sepultamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাহিতকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mise au tombeau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Entombment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grablegung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

埋葬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

entombment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entombment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùng làm ma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

entombment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कारखानदारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gömme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inumazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grobu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поховання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îngropare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

begrafnis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gravläggning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gravlegging
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of entombment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTOMBMENT»

The term «entombment» is regularly used and occupies the 107.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTOMBMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «entombment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «entombment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about entombment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTOMBMENT»

Discover the use of entombment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to entombment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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From Modernist Entombment to Postmodernist Exhumation: Dead ...
pieces — Morrison engages the cycle from exhumation to re-entombment. The final line of the novel, "Beloved," remembers that body, and story. Postmodern novels such as Beloved that focus on the re-presentation of dead bodies, which ...
Dr Lisa K Perdigao, 2013
2
The Journal-lancet
The knowledge of the pathological anatomy of entombment is a scientific gain from the war. Before the war the clinical and the pathologicoanatomical phenomena of cases of entombment were very little discussed, and only during the war ...
3
Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction
Making. and. meaning. in. Raphael's. Entombment. The way in which the innovative formal and iconographic strategies deployed in such pre-Reformation altarpieces could be combined with the genre's long-standing ...
Geraldine A Johnson, 2005
4
Nuclear regulation NRC's assurances of decommissioning ...
The laboratory's analysis also showed that neither immediate nor delayed entombment offer significant projected cost savings unless one assumed that entombment would lead to a reduction in long-term site security and insurance costs.
5
Familiar allusions: a hand-book of miscellaneous information ...
Entombment, The. A subject very often treated by the great religious painters of the Middle Ages, exhibiting the burial of Christ in accordance with the Scriptural account of that event. Of the great number of pictures upon this subject, among the ...
William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler, 1894
6
Familiar Allusions: a Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information
Entombment, The. A subject very often treated by the great religious painters of the Middle Ages, exhibiting the burial of Christ in accordance with the Scriptural account of that event. Of the great number of pictures upon this subject, among the ...
William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler, 1882
7
The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With ...
THE ENTOMBMENT. Hal. Nostro Signore deposto nel Sepolcro. Fi: Le Christ mis au Tombeau. Germ. Dia Grablegung. THE Placing Christ in the Sepulchre is an important subject in Christian Art. Where the actual scene of the Resurrection, ...
Mrs. Jameson (Anna), Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, 1892
8
Sanitary Entombment: The Ideal Disposition of the Dead
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles R. Treat, 2010
9
Looking at the Renaissance: Essays Toward a Contextual ...
Donatello, Tabernacle with relief of the Entombment of Christ, ca. 1435, Sagrestia dei Beneficiati, St. Peter's, Rome. Fig. 36. Andrea Mantegna, Engraving of the Entombment of Christ, 1460s, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Charles R. Mack, 2005
10
NRC Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Report, January - June 2005
Entombment Options for Power Reactors (Parts 20 and 50) RIN: 3150-AG89 Abstract: The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was published seeking stakeholder input on three proposed regulatory options and whether ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTOMBMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term entombment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Catherine M. (Noll) Henning
Entombment: Community Garden Mausoleum, Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences: www.lewisfuneralhomes.com. «Muscatine Journal, Jul 15»
2
Richard G. Jackson
Entombment will follow at Green Hills Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service in New Castle. «Muncie Star Press, Jul 15»
3
Dorine A. Jansky, 85, Sauk Rapids
Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN. Dorine was born September 14, 1929 in St. Cloud, MN to Peter and Anna (Lahr) ... «WJON News, Jul 15»
4
Renee Yanez
Entombment will follow in Haven of Rest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6 until 9 PM at Thomas ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»
5
Bessie May Miller
... with visitation from 10 a.m. until time of service. Entombment: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Read or Share this story: http://indy.st/1MgCMfG ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
6
Annunziata 'Nancy' Scarpelli, 89; Greenwich Resident; Former …
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday 10 a.m. at St. Roch's Church followed by entombment at St. Mary's Cemetery in Greenwich. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
7
OBIT: Mary Ellen Wagner
Entombment will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton, Illinois. Visitation will be held 2 hours before the service. In loving ... «Newton Press Mentor, Jul 15»
8
Philip Gregory Ralston, Jr
Entombment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation Friday evening from 6:00 ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
9
Antonia DiGangi, 81
The funeral will be Thursday, with the liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Toms River. Entombment will follow in Cloverleaf ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»
10
Italian Native and Darien Resident, Antoinette Socci, has passed at 95
Her entombment will follow at Ferncliff Cemetery, 280 Secor Road, Hartsdale, NY 10530. In lieu of flowers the family would be grateful for ... «HamletHub, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Entombment [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/entombment>. May 2024 ».
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