ENTOMBMENT

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture

(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

entombment (plural entombments)

The act of entombing or the state of being entombed

The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete

Source: Wiktionary


En*tomb"ment, n.

Definition: The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 May 2025

ANTHOZOAN

(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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