English Explanatory Dictionary

entombment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
  2. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtuːm.mənt/ /ɛnˈtuːm.mənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-entombment.wav

Word forms

entombment entombments intombment

Etymology

From entomb + -ment.

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