Burial Practices Vocabulary

verb to place or bury in a tomb or grave

• The ancient Egyptians used to entomb their pharaohs with great care and elaborate rituals.
• I heard they entombed the treasure deep within the cave to keep it safe.
• They entombed the evidence in the backyard to hide it from the cops.
• She felt like her grief was entombing her, suffocating her every day.

noun a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead

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• The archaeologists uncovered a well-preserved tomb dating back to ancient Egypt.
• Let's go check out that creepy tomb on the edge of town.
• I heard there's some cool graffiti in that old tomb down by the river.
• The abandoned factory was like a tomb, filled with echoes of its past.